This is a German hound which will, when better known in England, find a place in our shows. They are about the size of our larger foxhounds. I had the opportunity of seeing a large class of them at the Hanover Show, 1879, about sixty competing at that exhibition, when they attracted the attention of the numerous English visitors.

The schweisshund corresponds with what was once known here as the lyme hound, or lymer, as far as work is concerned, for it is impossible now to fix accurately the points of a dog long since modified or absorbed in higher types, a process which has so long gone on in this country. The schweisshund has a great reputation at home for aptitude and perseverance in his special work of tracking wounded deer. The type of head is different from our bloodhound, the occipital protuberance is not very pronounced; there is an absence of "frown," insisted on as one of the evidences of great scenting powers by a few bloodhound fanciers here, yet these schweisshunds are marvellously clever on the coldest scent. They are shorter in the muzzle proportionately to size than our bloodhounds or even foxhounds, flatter in the skull, with little flew or dewlap. The colour is generally a red or a red brindle, from which I imagine them to be more nearly related to the immense boar-hound of Germany than to any of our hounds.

The following are the points required by German breeders and sportsmen:

1. General Appearance. - Medium height, of strong and long structure, high in the back head, tail rarely carried high, earnest expression of the face.

2. Head of middling size, the upper part broad and flat, the forehead slightly wrinkled, the hind part of the head is moderately expressed. Nose broader than in other breeds of hounds, may be black or red. The bridge of the nose under the eyes is small or drawn in, almost arched. The eyebrows are considerable developed and protruding. Nose round, and lips falling over in the corner of the mouth.

3. Ears tolerably long, very broad, rounded at the ends, high, and equally set out, always lying close.

4. Eyes clear, with energetic expression, no red observable.

5. Neck long and strong, enlarging towards the chest.

6. Back rather long, sunk behind the shoulders, hind part broad, and slightly vaulted and sloping.

7. Breast wide, ribs deep and long, back gradually sloping up behind.

8. Tail long and well provided with hair.

9. Fore legs stronger than the hind legs, shoulders sloping, very loose and movable; the muscles of the shoulders are well developed.

10. Hind legs moderately well developed, the lower parts not quite straight.

11. Feet strong, round, and closed toes. Nails, strong, uneven; the sole of the foot is strong and large.

12. Goat close and full, smooth and elastic, almost glossy.

13. Colour grey-brown, like the winter coat of deer; dark brown on muzzle; eyes and tail red-brown, or red-yellow, or brown intermixed with black, and marked mostly with the darker colour on the eyes, nose, and tail, and with dark marks on the back.

Those dogs are considered as faulty which have a small high skull, narrow nose, running in the same dimension toward the forehead; if the ears are too long, too narrow, and too pointed; if the legs are bent, too short, or too thin, or strongly bent and too high carried tail; as also the structure, if not in correspondence with the different parts of the body. As regards colour, white and also yellow marks, must be considered faulty.