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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



tifully arched. The coat is short and fine, 

 in colour white, with or without red-yellow 

 patches. The heiglit is from 24 inches to 

 28 inches. It is sometimes referred to as the 

 Chien blanc du Roi, the Baud, or Grefher. 

 The famous Vendeen Griffon resembles 

 no breed so closely as our rugged Otter- 

 hound, although as a rule he is smaller 

 and betrays less particularity in breeding. 



but often darker in colour and longer in the 

 body, is the Griffon Nivernais, of which 

 Baron Joubert's Bolivar is perhaps the best 

 living specimen, and a popular and useful 

 hound for rough work in the forest is 

 attained by the crossing of these two 

 strains. Of the Griffon Vendeen-Nivernais 

 excellent working packs are kept by MM. 

 Merle and Roday of Monthelon, ]\I. Henri 



PACK OF GRIFFONS VENDEENS AND VENDEENSNIVERNAIS. 

 THE PROPERTY OF M. HENRI BAILLET, VILLENAUXE (AUBe>. 

 rlwloginfh by M. Kol lI CU.. I'aiii. 



He is a dog of high upstanding shape, with 

 an obviously sound constitution and meant 

 by nature for the chase, which leads him 

 often into waterways. The prevailing colour 

 of his thick wiry coat is white or wheaten, 

 with orange, mouse grey, red or brown 

 splotches. His head is large and impiosing, 

 ascending to a well-developed peak, the 

 muzzle of good length, the nostrils ex- 

 pansive, and the long ears hanging loose, 

 sweeping the grass when his nose is lowered 

 to the track of deer or boar. The best and 

 most pure of the race in France to-day are 

 kept by M. Henri Baillet, whose Ronflo and 

 Bacchus are admirably typical. 



Very similar to the rough Vendeen hound. 



Baillet of \''illenauxc, and Baron Joubert, 

 domaine de Gi\Ty. 



The Norman Hound, which appears to 

 have been introduced in the time of Louis 

 XIV., is adapted for the pursuit of all kinds 

 of the larger game in the French forests. 

 He is a heavy, strong dog, somewhat coarse 

 in bone, in shape approaching the Blood- 

 hound rather than our Foxhound. His head 

 is long, the skull broad, and the forehead 

 divided by two large frontal bumps. The 

 skin of the head is very loose and wrinkled ; 

 the muzzle is coarse, with lips thick and 

 pendulous. The eyes, which are full and 

 gay, show a good deal of the haw. The 

 ears an; set on low, and are long, thin and 



