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CARNIVORES. 



according to Brehm's description, is a magnificently-proportioned animal, with 

 slender limbs, rather pointed muzzle, slender tail, and large full eyes. It is- 

 generally either yellow-and-black, or yellow in colour, and even in its native 

 country is a comparatively rare breed. The ears are always cropped, and thus 

 lose their pendent tips. It was formerly used in deer-hunting. The boarhound 

 is a shorter-haired and thicker-muzzled dog, with a proportionately shorter and 



GERMAN BOARHOUNDS (^ nat. size). 



thinner tail. The colour is generally black, light or dark grey, brown or yellow, 

 the light shades being often brindled. There are often white spots on the chest, 

 and one or more white toes in the lighter-coloured examples. An unusually large 

 dog measured upwards of 35J inches in height at the shoulder, when in his third 

 year. In the Black Forest these dogs are still used in boar-hunting. 



The curly-tailed pug-dog, which is a diminutive member of the 

 mastiff group, is kept solely as a pet, and has suffered considerably 

 from the caprice of fashion in England, where it was much esteemed in the last 



Pugs. 



