INDEX 



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ENGLISH TOY SPANIELS contd. 



colours, 596, 508 



combing, 600, 60 1 



crossing, 597 



delicate constitution, 599 



docking, 595, 598 



ears, 595 



eczema, 600 



Elizabeth's (Queen), 588 



feeding, 598, 600 



grooming, 600 



hair-stimulants, 601 



head, 595, 598, 599 



historic pets, 588, 590 



house manners, teaching, 600 



kennels, 599 



King Charles, 589, 590 



Mary Queen of Scots' dogs, 589 



nose, 590, 595, 598, 599 



old v. modern, 590 



oldest, 590 



origin, 588 



over-crowding, 597 



over-feeding, 600 



points, 595 



preparing for show, 60 1 



prices realised, 598 



Prince Charles, 591 



puppies, 598 



puppy, selecting, 598 



rearing, 599 



royalty, pets of, 588, 590 



Ruby, 592 



short-lived, 601 



size, 595, 597 



skin disease, 600 



slum-bred, 589 



small progeny, mating for, 597 



sporting dogs, 593 



temperament, 589, 599 



temperature for rearing, 599 



Tricolour, 591 



vicissitudes of fortune, 589 



washing, 601 



weaning, 598 



" weeping " eyes, 595 



whelping, 597 

 ENGLISH WATER SPANIEL, 328 



coat, 331 



colours, 330, 332 



early writers on, 329, 331 



history, 328 



illustrations, old, 329 



Kennel Club and, 328, 329, 330 



meagre numbers of, 329 



origin, 331 



ENGLISH WATER SPANIEL contd. 



points, 330, 332 



size, 330 



tail, 331 



topknot, 329 



training, 329 



Water-rug, Shakespeare's, 331 

 Epirus, Mastiff of, 8 

 ESQUIMAUX, 362 



brood bitch, 364 



Brough, Mr., on, 364 



celebrated specimens, 364, 365 



colour, 363 



crossing, with wolves, 4 



difficulty in procuring, 364 



driving, 366 



food, 363, 364, 366 



Fryer, Mr. C. E., on, 366 



gestation, period of, 364 



Myouk, pedigree of, 366 



origin, 3 



points, 363 



puppies, 364 



size, 363 



superstitions regarding, 363 



temperament, 364, 365 



wolf, resemblance to, 362 

 Exhibitions, effects of, on various 

 breeds, 336, 337 



original objects of, 266 



FIELD SPANIEL, 315 

 Beverley strain, 315 

 Black, 315, 316 

 breeders, prominent, 315, 316, 



317 



celebrated specimens, 317, 319 



colours, 315, 316, 319 



crosses, 316, 318 



deterioration of, 316 



Farrow, Mr., on, 316 



history, 315 



improving, 316 



origin, 315 



points, 318 



shows, effects of, 315 



tongue, 316 



trials, 316, 320 

 Fighting dogs, ancient, 7, 9 

 Finland Dogs, 372 

 Finj de Paris, 216, 218 

 Flat-coated Retriever, 333, 341. See 



Retriever 

 Fleethound, 115 



