66 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



the latter is often the larger dog. The head, should 

 be not so wide, with strong jaws, and muzzle more in- 

 clined to be snipey; the coat, a perfect mass of short, 

 tight curls on the body, legs and tail, but only short, 

 smooth hair on the face — the stern, quite straight and 

 carried without any curve in it, substantial at root, les- 

 sening in size by degrees to its point. 



