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least four inches from the inner corner of the eye to the end of the 

 nose. Between the point and the root of the nose there should be 

 a slight depression ; at all events there should be no fulness, and 

 the eyebrows should rise sharply from it. The nostrils must be 

 wide apart and large in the openings, and the end should be moist 

 and cool, though many a dog with exceptionally good scenting 

 powers, has had a remarkably dry nose, amounting in some cases to 

 roughness like that of shagreen. In all setters the end of the nose 

 should be black or dark liver-colored, but in the very best whites, 

 or lemon and whites, pink is often met with, and may in them be 

 pardoned. The jaws should be exactly even in length, a ' snipe 

 nose' or 'pig jaw/ as the receding lower one is called, being 

 greatly against its possessor. 



" Ears, lips, and eyes (value 4). With regard to ears, they should 

 be shorter than those of the pointer and rounded, but not so much 

 as those of the spaniel. The ' leather' should be thin and soft, 

 carried closely to the cheeks, so as not to show the inside, without 

 the slightest tendency to prick the ear, which should be clothed with 

 silky hair little more than two inches in length. The lips also are 

 not so full and pendulous as those of the pointer, but at their angles 

 there should be a slight fulness, not reaching quite to the extent 

 of hanging. The eyes must be full of animation and of medium 

 size, the best color being a rich brown, and they should be set with 

 their angles straight across. 



" The neck (value 6) has not the full rounded muscularity of the 

 pointer, being considerably thinner, but still slightly arched, and 

 set into the head without that prominence of the occipital bone 

 which is so remarkable in that dog. It must not be l throaty/ 

 though the skin is loose. 



" The shoulders and chest (value 15) should display great liberty 

 in all directions, with sloping deep shoulder-blades and elbows well 

 letdown. The chest should be deep rather than wide, the ribs 

 should be well sprung behind the shoulder, and great depth of the 

 back ribs should be especially demanded. 



"Back quarters and stifles (value 15). An arched loin is de- 



