. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . th variety. I have myself importedseveral from France, but have found themless hardy than their velvety relatives, andnot so staunch or painstaking in their work,and for packs they do not appear to begenerally liked. Their colouring is less dis-tinct, and they seem generally to be lemonand white, grey and sandy red. Theirnote is not so rich as that of the smoothvariety. In France the rough and thesmooth Bassets ar
. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . th variety. I have myself importedseveral from France, but have found themless hardy than their velvety relatives, andnot so staunch or painstaking in their work,and for packs they do not appear to begenerally liked. Their colouring is less dis-tinct, and they seem generally to be lemonand white, grey and sandy red. Theirnote is not so rich as that of the smoothvariety. In France the rough and thesmooth Bassets are not regarded as of thesame race, but here some breeders havecrossed the two varieties, with indifferentconsequences. Some beautiful specimens of the roughBasset have from time to time been sentto exhibition from the Sandringham Majesty the King has always givenaffectionate attention to this breed, and hastaken several first prizes at the leadingshows, latterly with Sandringham Bobs,bred in the home kennels by SandringhamBabil ex Saracenesca. Perhaps the most explicit description ofthe perfect Basset-hound is still that com-piled twenty-five years ago by Sir John. MRS. TOTTIES ROUGH-COATED BASSET-HOUND DOG CH. PURITAN Pliotograph by A. Horner, Settle. Millais. It is at least sufficiently compre-hensive and exact to serve as a guide :— The Basset, for its size, has more bone,perhaps, than nearly any other dog. The skull should be peaked like that ofthe Bloodhound, with the same dignity andexpression, the nose black (although someof my own have white about theirs), andwell flewed. For the size of the hound, Ithink the teeth are extremely small. How-ever, as they are not intended to destroylife, this is probably the reason. The ears should hang like the Blood-hounds, and are like the softest velvetdrapery. The eyes are a deep brown, and arebrimful of affection and intelligence. Theyare pretty deeply set, and should show aconsiderable haw. A Basset is one ofthose hou
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