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direction of the bones and principal veins can be 

 easily seen. 



" Nose. Black. 



" Eyes. Dark, expressive, oblong, almond shaped. 



11 Ears. Small, not quite round at the tips, not 

 leathery, set on high, and with the tips when thrown 

 back almost touching behind the occiput. 



" Neck. Not swan-like, though not short nor 

 rising straight up from the withers. 



" Shoulders. Clean. 



" Chest. Somewhat narrow, but not hollow. 



" Back. Rather bony, and free from any cavity 

 in the spinal chord (as, for example, is often seen 

 in English Greyhounds), with a well marked arch 

 in the male, but level and broad in the female. 



" Loins. Broad and drooping. 



" Ribs. On no account round like a barrel, but 

 flat like a fish, deep, reaching to the elbow, and 

 even lower. 



11 Groin. In the male short, in the female 

 roomy. 



''Forelegs. Lean and straight. Seen from the 

 front they should be narrow, and from the side broad 

 at the shoulder and narrowing gradually down to the 

 foot. 



u Hind Legs. Should be the least thing under 

 the body when standing still, not straight, and 



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