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Color, and every mark of Newfoundland. Even the 

 color is not that of the spaniel, for we know that the 

 original Newfoundland was often tan colored, or had 

 tan points. The very small ears, the broad head, the 

 short muzzle, the lack of feather on legs and abundantly 

 feathered tail — the whole ensemble of the animal, in 

 fact — to my mind point back to a Newfoundland an- 

 cestry much purer than anything we are in the way of 

 seeing nowadays. 



I prefer to believe the tradition which relates that the 

 Chesapeake Bay dogs originated from two puppies 

 rescued from a sinking ship which had sailed from 

 Newfoundland and brought to Baltimore, and that 

 these dogs are Newfoundland dogs of the old type, than 

 which no more faithful, intelligent and vigorous breed 

 ever existed. It may be that the race has not been kept 

 pure, yet I think it has; for we see them generation 

 after generation showing the same physical character- 

 istics, the same splendid courage and endurance, and 

 the same intelligence and love for the water. 



I am told by a friend that these dogs can readily be 

 trained to work to the gun in upland shooting, and that 

 when so taught they display unexcelled nose and bird 

 sense, and I regard them as most valuable dogs, and 

 wonder that a breed so valuable has been so neglected. 



The amount of work that these dogs will perform is 

 very surprising. From just after sunrise until sun- 

 down, in cold, blustering weather, they will bring the 

 ducks, swimming perhaps 75 or 100 yards for each one, 

 or hunting through the thick cane for those that have 



