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Show 1890.] ON THE DOMESTIC DOG. 27 Table XXXV.-Comparison of Length and Breadth. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Total length and zygomatic width. Average 63-53. Dog. Chinese Pug-nosed Spaniel P"g Bull-dog Black-and-tan Toy Terrier King Charles Skye Fox-Terrier Turnspit English Terrier Beagle Black-and-tan Terrier , Otter-dog , Pomeranian , Pointer Harrier Spaniel Italian Greyhound Mastiff Dingo Esquimaux Newfoundland Fox-hound Sheep-dog Bloodhound Pariah New-Zealand dog Irish Wolf-dog (old) West-Indian dog St. Bernard Irish Wolf-dog (modern).. Greyhound Index. 91-13 74-83 73-72 73-52 72-00 63-57 62-94 61-65 61-53 61-07 60-71 6000 59-54 59-19 58-49 57-78 57-63 57-16 57-13 56-86 56-35 55-70 55-45 54-79 54-28 53-57 5302 5285 52-62 50-59 49-89 Palatine length and width. Average 76-93. Dog. Chinese Pug-nosed Spaniel Bull-dog Pug King Charles Black-and-tan Toy Terrier English Terrier Harrier Skye Pomeranian West-Indian Dog Fox-Terrier Spaniel Beagle Black-and-tan Terrier Otter-dog Mastiff Esquimaux Sheep-dog Newfoundland Pointer Dingo Turnspit Fox-hound New-Zealand dog Pariah Italian Greyhound Bloodhound Irish Wolf-dog (old) St. Bernard Irish Wolf-dog (modern).. Greyhound Index. 12000 106-84 105-76 91-20 86-56 81-82 80-00 77-98 77'37 76-92 76-92 76-68 76-33 72-99 72 36 7186 71-76 70-78 70-23 7021 7003 68-57 68-42 6823 6822 68-14 67-77 67-06 65-35 6517 60-36 effect of the artificial shortening of the skull effected upon the dentition in the first group. The teeth are not decreased in number, nor in size, it is only their position with regard to one another which alters. The first change is closer approximation of the teeth, less |