NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.—Cunis fumilivris. 
some thirty-two inches in height; and the other, a smaller Dog, measuring twenty-four 
or twenty-five inches high. The latter animal is sometimes called the Labrador Dog, and 
sometimes is termed the St. John’s’ Dog. When crossed with the setter, the Labrador 
Dog gives birth to the Retriever. © The large Newfoundland is generally crossed with 
the mastiff. 
There are few Dogs which are more adapted for fetching and carrying than the New- 
foundland. This Dog always likes to have something in its mouth, and seems to derive 
a kind of dignity from the conveyance of its master’s property. It can be trained to seek 
for any object that has been left at a distance, and beine gifted with a most persevering 
nature, will seldom yield the point until it has sueceeded in its search. 
A rather amusing example of this faculty in the Newfoundland Dog has lately come 
before my notice. 
A gentleman was on a visit to one of his friends, taking with him a fine Newfound- 
land Dog. Being fond of reading, he was accustomed to take his book upon the downs, 
and to enjoy at “the same time the pleasures of literature and the invigorating breezes 
that blew freshly over the hills. On one occasion, he was so deeply buried in his book, 
that he overstayed his time, and being recalled to a sense of his delinquency by a glance 
at his watch, hastily pocketed his book, and made for home with his best speed. 
Just as he arrived at the house, he found that he had inadvertently left his gold- 
headed cane on the spot where he had been sitting, and as it was a piece of property 
which he valued extremely, he was much annoyed at his mischance. 
