80 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



not flesh colour, and the nails also dark. The chocolate or 

 liver colour is almost always attended by a flesh-coloured nose, 

 which is supposed to indicate softness of constitution and want of 

 courage. If black and tan, the black should be rich and un- 

 mixed with the tan, which should be confined to the spots over 

 the eyes and on the cheeks, the lower parts of the body and 

 tail, and the legs and feet. On the cheek the tan should not 

 run to the eye, which must be set in black. A black line or 

 two extends up the legs, resembling the pencilling of the English 

 terrier, but not in so distinct a shape. No white is permitted on 

 the toes, breast, or forehead in a perfect specimen, but a star on 

 the breast generally occurs. Any large quantity of white in the 

 shape of a . " pie " indicates a cross with the French basset or 

 German dachsdecker." 



Size and symmetry. — In size the dog should measure, on the 

 average, about 40 inches from tip to tip, and 1 o inches in height. 

 Weight from 11 to 18 lbs. The bitch is considerably less in all 

 dimensions as well as weight. The symmetry of the dachshund 

 is very great when the fore-legs are not too much twisted, but, 

 in any case, the hind-quarters should be turned with elegant 

 lines. 



Quality. — Few dogs show more quality than the dachshund, 

 owing to the careful way in which he has long been bred in 

 Germany and the bordering countries. 



X.— THE FOX-TERRIER (ROUGH AND SMOOTH). 



(a) the smooth fox-terrier. 



For the last ten years this pretty little dog has been the 

 favourite companion of " Young England," and has lately -shared 

 the favours of the other sex with the collie, the dachshund, and 



