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Show 16 PROF. R. C. A. WINDLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [Jan. 14, hound by " being longer and narrower in the face and head, and somewhat more hollow under the eye." W e cannot say to what special breed the example of which the measurements are given below belonged. It is in the Oxford University Museum. "Between a large Welsh Harrier and an O T T E R - H O U N D no one but an expert could detect any difference, which, after all, will be found to exist only in the coat and feet, and then in a very slight degree." says ' Stonehenge.' For this reason we have placed the measurements of a skull of this breed, in the Oxford University Museum, in the same table. Table XIX.-Harrier and Otter-hound. No. 1. 2. 33* •& a "3 43 EH 289-09 272-72 43 . 2-= 5% IS) 169-09 163-63 • - "-• °-03 •S.1 Mft £ ft"" ® a hi o •a 136-36 138-18 t^ « O 03 33 oi £ ft ^ 3 ^ 32 M f=i <*J a PH hi 109-09; 101-81 100-0 90-90 « A a PH hi 123-63 112-72 -t-a PH hi 30-90 29-09 ftH ft*j ftft hi 21-81 20-0 1-1 a'l pq 28-18 25-45 oi al -1 10-90 10-90 oil a'l pq 16-36 14-54 a hi 38-18 30-90 |oi a ul 13-63 14-54 CO a hi 7-27 7-27 No. 1. Harrier. No. 2. Otter-hound. "The true B E A G L E is a miniature specimen of the old Southern hound " (Stonehenge). The following table gives the measurements of two specimens ; No. 1 from the Natural History Museum, No. 2 from the Oxford University Museum. Table XX.-Beagles. No. 1. 2. Av. -a' 43 a 1-3 -a H U» o O a5 278-15 162-06 264-15 271-15 169-81 165-93 (3. oi £•3 6r=. H o X! 140-22 132-07 136-14 . 4 O 03 •*= S ft3 103-44 103-77 103-60 a « a PH r 1 112-64 1000 106-32 . a <« a PH 1 126-43 111-32 118-87 • * ft i 34-48 32-07 33-27 a'l hi 25-97 22-64 24-30 _; a p 3 q 29-88 28-30 oi a i 13-79 13-20 29-09, 13-49 oi a'l pq 18-39 18-86 18-62 ' • i4 38-62 34-90 36-76 h oi a i 14-25 14-75 14-20 CO a hi 6-60 6-60 The P O I N T E R possibly came from Spain, and originally Phoenicia (C. H. S.). There is, however, no proof, says 'Stonehenge,' that it originated in Spain, and the animal called the Old Spanish Pointer is now quite extinct in this country. It is possible, he proceeds to say, that the present Pointer may have been produced by careful selection from the original Spanish Pointer, but it is more probable that in all cases a cross directly with the Greyhound or indirectly with that breed through the Foxhound, has been resorted to. |