. Fanciers' journal and land & water . on this point. The average height is abouttwenty-nine inches. The body should be massive and strong, thelegs straight and full of bone and muscle, the head large and withbenevolent aspect, the lips and eyelids ratlier pendulous and fullof character, the eye indicating quickness and intelligence. Theears should be larger than the mastiffs, and the head gradually risefrom between the ears to a bump on the top in a like position to the btimp of benevolence on the human cranium ; the feet shouhlbe large and flat; there is a slouching pace when walking, pecu-l
. Fanciers' journal and land & water . on this point. The average height is abouttwenty-nine inches. The body should be massive and strong, thelegs straight and full of bone and muscle, the head large and withbenevolent aspect, the lips and eyelids ratlier pendulous and fullof character, the eye indicating quickness and intelligence. Theears should be larger than the mastiffs, and the head gradually risefrom between the ears to a bump on the top in a like position to the btimp of benevolence on the human cranium ; the feet shouhlbe large and flat; there is a slouching pace when walking, pecu-liar to the breed; unlike the horse, the near fore and hind legsmove simultaneously in the same direction ; so also is it with theoff fore and hind legs. A St. Bernard, to be perfect, should betwice as long as he is in girth of chest, his chest be twice the girthof , and girth of head twice his girth of fore-arm. It is avery remarkable circumstance that the largest and best collectionof these noble dogs in the world is in THE REV. J. C. MACDONA, OF WEST KIRBT, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND. who has of late years done so much to make this breed so fashion-able, has a much larger kennel and of better quality than the monksthemselves; in ftict they have written to Mr. Macdona statingthey rely upon him to replenish their present stock, should anymishap occur to it. His well-known champion dog Tell, the win-ner of a quarter of a hundred first prizes, was never beaten, hislength was 72 inches, and girth of chest 36. Tell retired uponhis well-earned laurels when he took the champion prize at theCrystal Palace 1870. He died in January, 1871. He has beenengraved in Germany, France, England, and America, as thefinest type of his class. His place is well followed up by the samegentlemans Meuthon, 80 inches in length and 40 in girth. Thefollowing are among the best known of Mr. Macdonas St. Ber-nards : Tell, Meuthon, Hedwig, Gessler, Altorf, Hospice, Alp,Bertha, Matterhorn, Thunder, Jura
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