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Junction of head and neck sharply defined. Chest very 
deep at the brisket, but not too wide. Back of medium 
length ; Zozws arched and falling in beautiful curve to the 
insertion of the tail. The latter should reach to the 
hocks, be strong at the insertion, tapering and ending in 
a fine curve. During carriage it is elevated, and more 
curved, but not carried over the back. The belly is well 
drawn up. Shoulders sloping; Z/bows well under, neither 
turned inwards nor outwards. orearm muscular, ample 
bone development throughout, and leg straight. Zhighs 
muscular; second thighs long and strong as in the 
Greyhound ;. hocks well let down, and turning neither in 
nor out. Feet large, round and parallel to the front. 
Toes’ well-arched and closed. JVai/s very strong and 
curved. azr very short, hard, and dense, and not much 
longer on the under part of the tail. The recognised 
colours are the various shades of grey (commonly termed 
“blue ”), red, black, or pure white, or white with patches 
-of the before-mentioned colours. These colours are 
sometimes accompanied with markings of a darker tint 
about the eyes and muzzle, and with a line of the same 
tint (called a “ trace”) along the course of the spine. 
The above ground colours also appear in the brindles, 
and are also the ground colours of the mottled specimens. 
~ In the whole coloured specimens the china or wall eye 
rarely appears, and the nose more or less approaches 
black, according to the prevailing tint of the dog, and 
the eyes vary in colour also. The mottled specimens. 
have irregular patches or ‘‘clouds” upon the above 
named ground colours, in some instances the clouds or 
markings being of two or more tints. With the mottled 
specimens the wall or china eye is not uncommon, and 
the nose is often parti-coloured or wholly flesh-coloured. 
The whole coloured reddish-yellow, with black muzzle 
and ears, is the colour least cared for, as indicative of 
the mastiff cross. 
The Newfoundland Dog is of two distinct breeds, 
the large and the small, the latter being also called the 
St. John or Lesser Labrador. The former—subdivided 
into the Newfoundland prone and the Larger Labrador— 
