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he would be unable to stand heat as well as our early setters ; but, on the contrary, 

 he bears it almost like a pointer." 



This name is applied to large dogs employed for retrieving game on 

 Retrievers ^^ - n contr adistinction to the water- spaniels which are used for the 

 same purpose in water. These dogs have more or less Newfoundland blood in 

 them and trace their other parentage to the water-spaniel or setter. The curly- 

 coated retriever, which may be either black or tan, is the product of a cross between 

 the smaller black Newfoundland and the water-spaniel. It is characterized by the 

 short hair of the face, and the tail devoid of any fringe, although covered to within 



NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. 



(One-twelfth natural size.) 



a few inches of its extremity with short crisp curls. The hair on the body is closely 

 and crisply curled. The wavy-coated retriever may be either a pure-bred small 

 black Newfoundland, or a cross between it and the setter. 



The Newfoundland dog, of which there are three distinct breeds, 

 is regarded as nothing more than a large spaniel, and its general form 

 and the facility with which it may be crossed with spaniels and setters seem to 

 fully bear out this view. The especial characteristic of the Newfoundland is its 

 well-known fearlessness of water, and the readiness with which it will risk its own 

 life to rescue human beings from drowning. The true Newfoundland, as repre- 



Newfoundland 



