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few patches, and the skin is striped with black. Some examples 

 have the head and paws pale yellow. This is an admirable hound, 

 used for the same game as the Swiss briquet. It is met with more 

 particularly in the centre of the country. 



III. The Berne Harrier. — This dog is attractive in appearance 

 by reason of the hanging ears. It has three prevailing colours. 

 The under side of the tail is edoed and marked with black, the 



.ears and sometimes part of the tail are flame-coloured. This is a 

 dog of stout build, with the thickest 

 coat of all Swiss dogs. It gives 

 tongue loudly. 



IV. The Argovie Harrier. — 

 This breed is heavy and powerful. 

 It is indeed the heaviest of all Swiss 

 breeds. The coat may be either 

 red, black and flame, or uniformly 

 yellow, brown, or reddish brown. 

 Sometimes the rump is black, with 

 white markinos. 



V. The Jura Harrier {Brti- 



THE ARGOVIE HARRn<:R 



PropriiStaire : M. Gindiaux, directeur du Chenil, Geneve 



neau).—i:\\\s is a dog of lighter uw^at dExposidon 



build than the preceding. It has a fine coat, and is the most rustic 

 of all Swiss breeds. It has also great staying powers and is very 

 keen on the trail, being used for roedeer, hare, or fox. It is above 

 all most serviceable in places where the snow lies thick on the 

 ground. The coat is black or reddish, in some rather more yellow. 

 M. Gindraux, keeper of the kennels at Geneva, a great connoisseur 



