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fetlock, straight shoulder, short loin, and 



short feet, with thick, well-divided claws. 



He is valued as a worker, but hardly so 



highly as the Braque Charles X., who, 



although a coarse, inelegant dog to look 



upon, is remarkable for his keen 



scent and his steadiness on 



point. The Charles X. is a 



smooth-coated, liver-and-white 



dog, and he is allowed to retain 



half his tail. His unusually 



long ears do not add to his 



beauty ; but beauty is not 



greatly studied by French 



sportsmen, who look only for 



utility in their gun-dogs. A 



much more comely animal is 



the Braque d'Auvergne, of 



which there are two varieties, 



English Pointer than any of its confreres, 

 the only difference being that he has not so 

 much lip, a sharper muzzle, and larger ears. 

 All these Braques are alike in their work. 

 They are slow in their movements, they 



BRAQUE DE BOURBONNAIS. 



range over a limited area of ground, 

 and their scent is by no means so 

 acute as- that of the more nicely 

 trained English Pointer. In character 



BRAQUE CHARLES X. 



the Braque blue and the Grand 

 Braque. The former is a dog 

 of perfect unity of proportion, 

 with beautiful outlines, hand- 

 somely marked. The body 

 colour is white, with black 

 patches and blue flecks. The 

 head is always black with a 

 white blaze up the face. But 

 for his attenuated stern he would 

 be one of the most attractive- 

 looking sporting dogs in France. 



Then there is the elegant Braque de they are very docile, and perhaps 

 I'Ariege, an almost purely white dog, they are on the whole more active in 

 but for a few orange spots ; and the brain than they look when working 

 Braque Dupuy, which more resembles our with their nose in the air. They are all 



BRAQUE BLUE D'AUVERGNE BRUNO. 

 PROPERTY OF M. J. BOURGADE, NANCY. 



