THE WATER SPANIEL. 



The Spaniel {Canis extra riiis). Water Spaniel of 

 British authors. — Mr. Whittaker thus enumerates the 

 five original races of Biitish dogs : — The Great House- 

 hold Dog; the Greyhound ; the Bulldog; the Terrier; 

 and the Large Slow-hound. 



Of these it will be seen the spaniel is not one. 

 Jardine justly remarks, that in this list the races are 

 confounded ; for the great household dog is with him 

 the mastiff, with no powers of scent, and different 

 from the bulldog, to whom he attributes great keen- 

 ness of nose. He looks upon the greyhound as the 

 Vertar/us, or British Fer. Track., while some writers 

 only deem it the lurcher. The British terrier he 

 looks uj^on as differing from the crooked legged turn- 

 spit of Europe, specified by Greek -wiiters. Sir W. 

 Jardine says, that the Canis tuscus, praised byNeme- 

 sianus, was identical with our water- spaniel. On 

 various Pvoman monuments this dog is eridently 

 figiired. The spaniel tribe is a numerous one, and 

 variously designated, from the beautiful little creature 

 known as Charles the Second s, or the Duke of Nor- 

 folk's, breed, to the handsome springer, by some 

 deemed the most serviceable shooting companion to 

 the gmmer, of the entire sporting races. The springer 

 and the cocker are the only two dogs, legitimately 

 called spaniels, used in wood and water craft : albeit, 

 some call the smaller Newfoundland breed, spaniels. 



