Modern Dogs. 



to anything and to everything; so to satisfy them, 

 and to make the description of the mastiff uniform 

 with that of other dogs described in the previous 

 volume, the following scale has been compiled : 



Value. 



General character and 

 symmetry 10 



Body height and sub- 

 stance .. 



Skull 



Face and muzzle 

 Ears 



10 



12 



18 

 4 



54 



Value, 



Eyes 6 



Chest and ribs 8 



Fore legs and feet 6 



Back, loins, and flanks. 8 



Hind legs and feet 10 



Tail 3 



Coat and colour 5 



Grand Total 100. 



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Weight of a dog, from I55lb. to i75lb. ; of a 

 bitch, from I4olb. to i6olb. 



