. 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. Dogs. GRIFFON VENDEEN-NIVERNAIS PISTOLET. PROPERTY OF M. E. COSTE, LACAUCHE. velvety, folding inwards. The body-is long and heavy, broad and muscular, the neck short in proportion and heavily dewlapped. His short coat is harsh, in colour usually white with large brown, black or grizzle patches ; occasionally it is tricolour with a grizzle saddle. The height is often 29 inches, and the weight about 78 lb. A more gene
. 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. Dogs. GRIFFON VENDEEN-NIVERNAIS PISTOLET. PROPERTY OF M. E. COSTE, LACAUCHE. velvety, folding inwards. The body-is long and heavy, broad and muscular, the neck short in proportion and heavily dewlapped. His short coat is harsh, in colour usually white with large brown, black or grizzle patches ; occasionally it is tricolour with a grizzle saddle. The height is often 29 inches, and the weight about 78 lb. A more generally useful hound is the Chien de Gascogne. He is lighter built, weighing about 62 lb., but he is strong and of great endur- ance. He, too, has something of the St. Hubert in his in- heritance, which is visible in his occipital peak, his very long and much-folded ears, his wrinkled visage and deep flews. His coat is hard on the body, but soft and silky about the head and ears. In colour he is blue, or white with many black spots, blue mottled, with slight pale tan markings. Often there is a pale tan about the eyes and feet. One of the best packs in France is that of M. le Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne. This hound has been successfully crossed with the Saintongeois. The Gascon-Saintongeois is quite unlike any hound we have in England. It is larger, less compact, and more leggy than the English Foxhound, and the loose skin about the head and throat, the long muzzle and heavy flews, with the high occiput and the low, pendulous ears give the dog a character peculiarly his own. The smooth white coat is marked with large black patches, and frequently speckled with black spots. The height averages 29^- inches. In many departments there are hounds which, although possessing distinctive fea- tures, are yet of a type approximating to those already referred to. One needs to see them and make intimate comparisons in order to detect the shades of difference. Illustrations and bald descripti
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