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/ at the shoulder, bending the head 



gently down. The proper method is to 

 place the dog on level ground close 

 by a wall, and to lay a flat rule across 

 his shoulders so as to touch the wall; 

 then measure to the point touched by 

 the rule. 



7. Huckle-bones. — Tops of the hip-joints. 



The space between these and the tops 

 of the shoulders is called the couplings. 

 Harlequin. — ^ Pied, mottled, or patchy in 

 color. 



8. Knee. — The joint attaching the fore-pas- 



terns and the forearm. 

 Kink-tdiL — A tail with a single break or 



kink in it. 

 Leather. — The ears /. e.^ the loose visible 



part of them. 

 Layhaek. — Receding nose. 

 Loins. — That part of the anatomy of the 



dog between the last rib and hind- 

 quarters. 

 Long in Flank. — Long in back and loins. 

 Lumher. — Superfluous flesh. 

 Mask. — The dark muzzle of a Mastiff or 



Pug. 

 Mane. — The profuse hair on top of neck. 

 Merle. — A bluish-gray color splashed with 



black. 



