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and be set on in a line with the external occipital 

 protuberance, any dipping of a pronounced type or 

 stop being unsightly. The nose itself should be 

 strong and free from snipiness, while the teeth of 

 the upper and lower jaws should meet. A pig-jawed 

 hound, or one that is underhung, being distinctly 

 objectionable. 



" The lips should be square and not cut sharply 

 away, and from the lower jaw extensive flews should 

 fall towards the throat. 



"The eye should be deeply sunken, showing 

 a prominent haw, and in colour they should be 

 a deep brown. 



"The ears should be set on low; are of great 

 length, of velvety texture, and should curl grace- 

 fully inwards ; their outer surface coming towards 

 the base in contact with the side of the cheek and 

 neck. 



"The whole of the head should be covered with 

 loose skin, so loose in fact, that when the hound 

 brings its nose to the ground the skin over the head 

 and cheeks should fall forward and wrinkle sensibly. 

 In a word, the head of the Basset should resemble 

 and approach as nearly as possible the bloodhound 

 in conformation. The neck is massive but graceful, 

 and as it approaches the body it thickens. 



' The body itself is extremely powerful, and shows 



