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CARNIVORES. 



divided into rough and smooth St. Bernards, according to the length of the hair ; 

 our illustration representing a specimen of tlie rough-haired breed. The rough 

 St. Bernard has the coat of the body long and wavy, with the tail veiy bushj-, and 

 the fringe on the fore-legs comparativ^ely small. There is great variety in colour ; 

 one strain being a rich orange-tawny mixed with brown, others are red-and-wliite, 

 others, again, brindled or fawn, or those coloui-s more or less mixed with white, 

 while some may be almost white. The head is large, with a higher elevation at 

 the eyes than in the Newfoundland, and the muzzle rather long and squared, with 



KOLGH al. BEHNARD (j^j Uat. size). 



slightly pendulous lips. The eai-s are relatively small, and their hair should be 

 rather rougher than that of the body. The eyes are full but deeply set. The feet 

 are very large, apparently for the purpose of supporting the animal in the snows 

 of its native home, and may be furnished with double dew-claws. The smooth St. 

 Bernard differs mainly from the rough breed by its nearly smooth coat : the tail being 

 comparativelj' thin, and the legs and eare entirely free fi-om any fringes of hair. 



The bloodhound is our first representative of the fourth division 

 of domestic dogs, which includes the pointer, and all those usually 

 denominated hounds. All are characterised by their large drooping ears; and 

 most of them by their smooth coats, and the absence of any fnnge of hair on 



Bloodhound. 



