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very long and silky. The legs must be well 

 "feathered," the body short and thick, and 

 the dog should not weigh more than eight or 

 ten pounds. 



More intelligent little fellows than these 

 two spaniels would be hard to find. They 

 delight in learning tricks and going of errands 

 about the house. They are devotedly attached 

 to their friends, and in every way desirable. 

 Furthermore, though they are not so fashion- 

 able as they have been sometimes in the past, 

 they are always winning, and they can never 

 be common. 



The toy greyhound, however beautiful (and 

 he is like a fairy dog), is never, except in 

 very warm weather, a pleasant object to have 

 about, because he is always miserable and suf- 

 fering with cold. He should wear a thick 

 blanket out-of-doors, and even then it is pain- 

 ful to see him shrink and shiver. His most 

 desirable color is clear fawn, of which there 

 are no fewer than four shades, golden, dove, 

 blue, and stone. Other colors are cream, red 

 or yellow, black, and mixed. In the fawn- 

 color should be no white markings of any de- 

 scription ; they detract greatly from his value, 



