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carried all before her. Putting aside Lord Onslow, 

 who has been away and given up Bassets for 

 some years, it might be interesting to note, from 

 .a breeder's point of view, the gradual development 

 of this hound to modern times, from the mating of 

 Fino de Paris and Trouvette, in France, something 

 like a quarter of a century ago. 



" In doing this, I shall apply myself to the 

 Fino de Paris type alone, since the Bourbon 

 is all but extinguished ; and, having done so, 

 I will ask the reader to believe that type cannot 

 be got unless we inbreed, and that inbreeding 

 does not necessarily deteriorate stock if properly 

 carried out. 



" To prove this, I give the names of the following 

 hounds, and how they are inbred to the Fino de 

 Paris : Mignarde, ^ ; Finette, f ; Guinevere, f ; 

 Fino V.' H; Fino VI., if; Forester, ff ; Paris, 

 tW ; and Xitta, Hf. 



" What I show here is the direct succession from 

 father to son or daughter, in all, eight generations of 

 hounds. Under normal circumstances, had they 

 been bred ' anyhow,' these hounds would begin at 

 Mignarde with two parents, one of which was Fino 

 de Paris, and finish at Xitta with no less than 258. 

 By inbreeding, starting with Finette, she has two, 

 Guinevere has three, Fino V. has the same number, 



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