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permitted. Still there is not the greyhound-like tightness so 

 dear to the eye of the M.F.H. 



In the shoulders, chest, back ribs, and loin, no variation is 

 visible, but the quarters are seldom so full and wide as those of 

 its rival. 



The elbows are required to be straight, as indeed is the case 

 with all animals kept for work. 



The legs and feet should, as far as possible, resemble those of 

 the foxhound, but it is seldom that they are exhibited so extremely 

 straight as I have described the model pasterns of the M.F.H. 

 I need scarcely remark that my opinions on this point are the 

 same with regard to the legs of the two breeds. As to feet, there 

 are no two opinions on these in either breed. 



The colours most in demand for the harrier are black, white, 

 and tan, commonly called. " the true hound colours,'' but all the 

 pies are met with nearly to the same extent. The coat is 

 generally slightly softer than that of the foxhound, and on the 

 stern a little more fringed. 



The stern is carried, as in the foxhound, gaily over the back, 

 and has a similar root and tip. 



In symmetry the foxhound has a slight advantage, from the 

 extra care and expense which have so long been devoted to 

 breeding him. 



The illustrations show the harrier as pure as it can be met 

 with, and also the foxhound as used for hare-huntinc. 



In size most harrier packs are under 20 inches, and many are 

 as low as 1 6 inches. 



The rough Welsh harrier resembles the otter-hound (to be 

 presently described) so closely, that I have only to refer my readers 

 to the latter. 



