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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 j-ellow in colour, and even in its native 

 country is a comparatively rare breed. The ears ai'e 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 BOARHOUNOS {f, nat. size). 



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

 the light shades being often brindled. There ai-e often white spots on the chest, 

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

 dog measured upwards of 35 i inches in height at the slioulder, 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 suttered considerably 

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



Pugs. 



