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The head is wide and rather domed. Nose short and cut off 
square, but slightly tapering, as shown in the annexed engraving. 
Ears of full length and never rounded; they are thin in leather 
and hang in folds, but not so much so as in the bloodhound. In 
length across the head when spread out they should be from one- 
quarter to one-third more than the height at the shoulder. The 
eye is remarkably soft, rather full, and never weeping, which 
shows, when present, a spaniel cross. 
The neck is rather short and chumpy, with a tendency to ruff 
in the old strains, but no absolute throatiness. There is also in 
them a suspicion of dewlap, but in the modern strains these points 
are altogether absent. 
Shoulders rather wide apart, and not very sloping, but strong 
and muscular. 
Chest girthing nearly double the height at the shoulder, that is 
to say, about 13 to 1$ times. Back ribs often defective, but this 
point should be insisted on. 
Loin very muscular in both directions. 
Hind-quarters thick and breech wide; but stifles generally 
straight. 
Elbows apt to turn out or in, as in most dwarfed breeds. This 
should be carefully noticed in picking puppies. 
Legs and feet not of quite so much importance as in the larger 
hounds, but still these points must not be neglected. 
The colours are the same as with the previously described 
hounds. , 
Coat soft and. shining. 
Stern very thick at the root and tapering to a sharp point, 
carried, of course, “ hound-like ” over the back. 
Symmetry very great, except as before remarked in the smallest 
strains. 
The rough Welsh beagle is a reduced Welsh harrier in every 
respect. : 
VII.—THE OTTER-HOUND. 
Between a large Welsh harrier and an otter-hound no one but 
an expert could detect any difference, which, after all, will be 
found only to exist in the coat and feet, and then in a very slight 
