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" 5. The ears should be set high in the head i.e., 

 the front inner edge of each ear should (as viewed 

 from the front) join the outline of the skull at the 

 top corner of such outline, so as to place them as 

 wide apart, and as high and as far from the eyes as 

 possible. In size they should be small and thin. 

 The shape termed l rose ear ' is the most correct. 

 The ' rose ear ' folds inward at its back, the upper 

 or front edge curving over outwards and backwards 

 showing part of the inside of the burr. 



u 6. The face, measured from the front of the 

 cheekbone to the nose, should be as short as 

 possible, and its skin should be deeply and closely 

 wrinkled. 



" The muzzle should be short, broad, turned 

 upwards, and very deep from the corner of the eye 

 to the corner of the mouth. 



" The nose should be large, broad, and black, its 

 top should be deeply set back, almost between the 

 eyes. The distance from the inner corner of the 

 eye (or from the centre of the stop between the" 

 eyes) to the extreme tip of the nose should not 

 exceed the length from the tip of the nose to the 

 edge of the under lip. 



" The nostrils should be large, wide, and black, 

 with a well-defined straight line between them. 



" 7. The flews, called the ' chop,' should be thick, 



