540 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 yellow in colour, and even in its native 
country is a comparatively rare breed. The ears are 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 BOARHOUNDS (,), nat. size). 
thinner tail. The colour is generally black, light or dark grey, brown or yellow, 
the light shades being often brindled. There are often white spots on the chest, 
and one or more white toes in the lighter-coloured examples. An unusually large 
dog measured upwards of 354 inches in height at the shoulder, 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 suffered considerably 
from the caprice of fashion in England, where it was much esteemed in the last 
Pugs. 
