. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Ex.\jn I I (ir Till El.\stic Skin of the Neck hair that are so different in direction. The longer the hair the more erect it is on the joints; hence those curious tufts that we find behind the paws of certain breeds. These tufts are called "feathers " ; we find them on the tails of set- ters, and wherever a variation in the direction of the growth of the hair exists. In dogs with and solid. In many it is supple, especially about the nec
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Ex.\jn I I (ir Till El.\stic Skin of the Neck hair that are so different in direction. The longer the hair the more erect it is on the joints; hence those curious tufts that we find behind the paws of certain breeds. These tufts are called "feathers " ; we find them on the tails of set- ters, and wherever a variation in the direction of the growth of the hair exists. In dogs with and solid. In many it is supple, especially about the neck and head. All d o g s have u ]3 o n the head, near the jaw and abo\'e the eyes, sex'cn little round ])rotuber- ances from which spring several sensitive hairs, which have their nerves and roots in those ])ro- tuberances. In healthy dogs that are properly cared for the skin is odfirless, but at the least negligence or the rough or wiry hair it does not lie in the normal least illness a very disagreeable effluvium is direction, but grows erect in every direction, given forth. in a confused mass. The hair of dogs protects them from atmos- The different kinds of hair play a great part pheric influences, and also, in certain cases, at bench shows, as we shall see later. Two from injury to the skin. Though dogs gi\'e kinds are specially distinguished from each much less time to their toilet than parrots other, — the long-haired and the short-haired, — in both of which come a legion of varieties, such as glossy, rough, bristling, curly, wavy, woolly, silky, frizzled, etc. These nomenclatures describe themselves. The Pomeranians have long hair, while the German watchdog has it short and glossy, the griffons bristling, retrievers curly, Russian wolfhounds wavy, English sheep dogs woolly, some poodles frizzled, and certain Maltese dogs, also Yorkshire terriers, silky. The color of dogs, or, properly speaking, of their coats, plays a great part in the \'aluation of breeds, and also,
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