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and lighter in colour, many of them being lemon and 

 whites. It is, however, in their heads that we find 

 the greatest difference, since the skin is tighter ; 

 the eyes more prominent and yellow, which gives 

 them a wild appearance ; the lips, too, are cut 

 sharply away, and they appear to lack the great 

 flews which give such stately dignity to the Le 

 Couteulx, as bred in this country. Their ears, 

 however, set on very low, are of great length, 

 though they do not curl so nicely inwards, some 

 hounds having them, as it were, plastered to the side 

 of the head. 



11 Their first appearance was in 1880, when Mr. 

 Krehl imported two bitches ; but they have never 

 taken in this country, and have solely been used for 

 crossing and outbreeding where size and ear are 

 desired. I shall therefore say no more about them, 

 as nowadays they are extinct with us,, no pure 

 specimens having ever been born over here. 



THE BASSET GRIFFON. 



" Some twenty years ago, when I was at school 

 in Paris, I used frequently to adjourn to a dog 

 dealer's, whose shop still exists close to the Arc de 

 Triomphe. I was there last year, and on asking 

 Mons. Ravry if he could find me a couple of Basset 



