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Junction of head and neck sharply defined. Chest very 

 deep at the brisket, but not too wide. Back of medium 

 length ; Loins arched and falling in beautiful curve to the 

 insertion of the tail. The latter should reach to the 

 hocks, be strong at the insertion, tapering and ending in 

 a fine curve. During carriage it is elevated, and more 

 curved, but not carried over the back. The belly is well 

 drawn up. Shoulders sloping ; Elbows well under, neither 

 turned inwards nor outwards. Forear??i muscular, ample 

 bone development throughout, and leg straight. Thighs 

 muscular; second thighs long and strong as in the 

 Greyhound ; hocks well let down, and turning neither in 

 nor out. Feet large, round and parallel to the fiont. 

 Toes well- arched and closed. Nails very strong and 

 curved. Hair very short, hard, and dense, and not much 

 longer on the under part of the tail. The recognised 

 colours are the various shades of grey (commonly termed 

 " blue "), red, black, or pure white, or white with patches 

 of the before-mentioned colours. These colours are 

 sometimes accompanied with markings of a darker tint 

 about the eyes and muzzle, and with a line of the same 

 tint (called a " trace ") along the course of the spine. 

 The above ground colours also appear in the brindles, 

 and are also the ground colours of the mottled specimens. 

 In the whole coloured specimens the china or wall eye 

 rarely appears, and the nose more or less approaches 

 black, according to the prevailing tint of the dog, and 

 the eyes vary in colour also. The mottled specimens 

 have irregular patches or "clouds" upon the above 

 named ground colours, in some instances the clouds or 

 markings being of two or more tints. With the mottled 

 specimens the wall or china eye is not uncommon, and 

 the nose is often parti-coloured or wholly flesh-coloured. 

 The whole coloured reddish-yellow, with black muzzle 

 and ears, is the colour least cared for, as indicative of 

 the mastiff cross. 



The Newfoundland Dog is of two distinct breeds, 

 the large and the small, the latter being also called the 

 St. John or Lesser Labrador. The former — subdivided 

 into the Newfoundland proper and the Larger Labrador — 



