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but had a common type amongst themselves, which 

 was doubtless inherited from their sire, and in the 

 case of Vivien, grandsire, namely, Termino. Conse- 

 quently, I can only come to the conclusion that 

 the breeder, from whom these hounds were im- 

 ported, being desirous of an outcross after the 

 inbreeding to Fino de Paris, put Finette to Termino, 

 and returned the produce again to a son of the old 

 dog. 



" What Termino was, or how he was bred, remains 

 an unfathomable mystery, notwithstanding the fact 

 that I have made every inquiry ; but it appears to me 

 reasonable to suppose that he was either a large 

 Basset a Jambes Droites, or one of the smaller chiens 

 courants, and for this reason, viz., the offspring 

 Guinevere and Theo could hardly be called Bassets 

 a Jambes Torses, while Vivien, got by one of Fino 

 de Paris' sons, was correctly described as such. 



" Now the reason 1 have largely entered into this 

 question of breeding in France is for the following 

 cause : When Fino de Paris and the three bitches 

 were imported here he was put to Guinevere, and 

 of this litter we had two well-known hounds, viz., 

 Fino V. and Bourbon. Fino V. was almost a 

 counterpart of his sire, while Bourbon took after his 

 mother's side of the house, and resembled the three 

 bitches I have named. 



