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some surface, with his limbs projected nearly straight out, and 

 in the second, he curls himself up in his armchair in a cosy, rounded 

 posture. But in both these attitudes there is no such sliding 



Fig. 39. — Foreleg of domestic 

 dog, showing reversed hair on 

 under surface, which rests on 

 the ground in lying posture. 



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Fig. 40. — Showing chest of 

 domestic dog, with re- 

 versed area of hair on 

 each side. 



pressure as will affect in any way the direction of his hair. In 

 two other favourite attitudes it is far otherwise. When he lies 

 prone he plants his fore limbs out before his chest and either raises 

 his head to the level of his trunk or rests it on his fore paws. Each 



