THE WATER BOG. 



Great Water Dog. Lesser Water Dog. Finder. 



THE Water Dog is distinguished from all others 

 by his rough and curly hair. He is believed to 

 have been originally introduced into this coun- 

 try from Spain. These Dogs are remarkably fond 

 of swimming about in the water, which they do 

 with singular activity and ease ; and they are 

 useful to sportsmen,, in fetching from thence such 

 birds as are shot and fall into it. There are two 

 kinds, but they differ from each other only in 

 size. 



A pleasing instance of attachment, jn a small 

 Water Dog belonging to the farrier of the C. 

 troop of Horse Artillery, has been related to me by 

 a friend, who had a personal knowledge of the fact. 

 When this troop was at Canterbury, a few years 

 ago, an officer of the fifty-second regiment, much 

 pleased with the appearance of the animal, pur- 

 chased her. In the course of a little while, she was 

 sent, and every possible attention was paid to her 



* Canis familiaris aquations. Linnaeus. Le Barbet. Buffon. 

 See the Synopsis, p. 16, No. 9, VAR. 2. 



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