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ing), long in the body, and with noble heads.” The descendants 
of the Flemish type still exist in the Forét Noire, in the Vosges, 
and, I believe, in the German dachshund, which, according to my 
theory, is descended from basset-hounds that found their way into 
South Germany (Wiirtemberg, the home of the dachshund) wid 
Alsace, and were there crossed with the terrier, to give them that 
individual courage that is lacking in the hound. The Artesian 
type is that with which English dog-show jabitués are now 
familiar. In the many political storms that have swept over 
France, carrying away her monarchical pageantry and the impos- 
ing ceremonies of the chase, many of that country’s ancient breeds 
became almost extinct. Amongst them the basset-hound fared 
a little better than its blood neighbours—the hounds of Artois, 
Normandy, Gascony, and Saintogne. Thanks to the sporting 
and patriotic instincts of a descendant of the old noblesse, Count’ 
le Couteulx de Canteleu, who spared neither trouble nor expense 
in his purpose, the smooth tricolour basset-hound of Artois has 
been preserved in allits purity. The breed was not revived; it had 
never died out, but it was necessary to search all over the “ basset” 
districts to find, in sportsmen’s kennels, the few true and typical 
specimens, and to breed from them alone. In these efforts on 
behalf of the old breeds he was greatly benefited by the valuable 
assistance of M. Pierre Pichot, editor of the Revue Britannique. 
Tt will be sufficient to divide the basset-hounds of to-day into 
two groups—the rough and smooth. The former are of Vendéan 
extraction, a branch of one of the original breeds. They have 
rough hard coats, with a woolly undergrowth, and are generally 
white, with lemon markings, or else iron-grey, like our otter- 
hounds, which they so closely resemble that, if one can imagine 
an otter-hound reduced in size and put on short legs, he will have 
the Basset-Griffon before him. 
Their legs are very short, usually straight or demi-torse, bodies 
low, strongly built, and not very long. They are very hardy, and 
equal to any rough work. Mr. Macdona’s “ Romano,” often ex- 
hibited in variety classes, is of this type. 
It is, however, with the smooth and nobler race that I will now 
deal. ‘These are inseparably connected with the famous kennel of 
Chateau St. Martin, and hounds of Count Couteulx’s strain are now 
