The Newfoundland. 265 



the following verbatim, adding a few comments for the acceptance or 

 not of readers, as they think fit. 



" The head is very broad, and nearly flat on the top in each direc- 

 tion, exhibiting a well-marked occipital protuberance, and also a con- 

 siderable brow over the eye, often rising three-quarters of an inch from 

 the line of the nose, as is well shown in the case of my present illustra- 

 tion, Mr. Mapplebeck's Leo, in which it exists to a greater extent than 

 usual. The Labrador shows the brow also, but not nearly in so marked 

 a manner. There is a slight furrow down the middle of the top of the 

 head, but nothing approaching to a stop. The skin on the forehead is 

 slightly wrinkled, and the coat on the face and top of the head is short, 

 but not so much so as in the curly retriever. Nose wide in all directions, 

 but of average length, and moderately square at the end, with open 

 nostrils ; the whole of the jaws covered with short hair. 



" Eyes and ears. The eyes of this dog are small, and rather deeply 

 set ; but there should be no display of the haw or third eyelid. They 

 are generally brown, of various shades, but light rather than dark. The 

 ears are small, clothed with short hair on all but the edges, which are 

 fringed with longer hair. 



" The neck is often short, making the dog look chumpy and inelegant' 

 This defect should always be attended to, and a dog with a sufficiently 

 lengthy neck should have the full allowance ; but, on the other hand, a 

 short chumpy one is so often met with that, even if present, the possessor 

 of it should not be penalised with negative points. The throat is clean, 

 without any development of frill, though thickly clothed with hair. 



"The chest is capacious, and rather round than flat; back ribs 

 generally short. 



"The back is often slack and weak, but in some specimens, and 

 notably in Leo, there is a fine development of muscle ; accompanying 

 this weak back there is often a rolling and weak walk. 



"The legs should be very bony and straight, well clothed with 

 muscle on the arms and lower thighs. Elbows well let down, and neither 

 in nor out. Both the fore and hind legs are thickly feathered, but not to 

 any great length. There is also often a double dew claw. 



"The feet are large and wide, with thin soles. The toes are generally 

 flat, and consequently this dog soon becomes foot-sore in road work, 

 and cannot accompany a horse or carriage at a fast pace. 



