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Occasionally this dome is more than a half-circle, and projects over 
the brows. 
The stop is also lately introduced, probably from the bulldog, 
and is as pronounced as in that breed, or even more s0. 
The nose, again, is shortened from the same cause, and turned 
up in true bulldog style. There is no remnant of the true spaniel 
type in anything about the head but the eye and ear. The colour 
of the end must be black, and it should be deep and wide, with 
open nostrils, the mouths of which face forwards and upwards as 
in the bulldog, without the same excuse for this formation, as the 
King Charles is certainly not used for bull-baiting. 
The lower jaw has also changed its shape, and is now required 
to be wide and turned up, again imitating the bull type. This 
formation is said to give room for the lodgment of the tongue, 
which would otherwise protrude—why, I am at a loss to know; 
but the fancy wills it, and we must follow suit in a fancy article. 
The ears should be almost long enough to touch the ground with 
the head in position. They are set low, and are carried very close 
by virtue of their weight. ‘The King Charles slightly exceeds the 
Blenheim in length of ear, the average in his case being 24 inches 
across, and that of the Blenheim 22. 
The eyes are set square and wide apart. They are large, 
languishing, dark brown in colour, with very large pupils, and 
always inclined to weep at the inner angles. 
Compactness in shape is a very important point, a “cobby” dog 
being the ne plus ultra in this respect. Short, strong legs and a 
great girth of chest and loin are, of course, the chief features in 
this formation. 
The colawr in the King Charles must be a rich jet black, with 
deep tan markings in the usual places, as described in the article 
on the black-and-tan setter. No white is permitted, and the old- 
fashioned black, tan, and white in equal proportions is now quite 
out of fashion. In the Blenheim the colour must have a ground- 
work of white, which must be pearly, not dead. On this rich 
chestnut markings must be evenly distributed in large patches. 
The ears and cheeks should be wholly red, with a white blaze down 
the forehead, in the centre of which there should be a spot of red 
about the size of a sixpence. 
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