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sometimes suspected a Spaniel cross. A chocolate-colored nose 

 I look upon as very suspicious, and a flesh-colored, or white 

 nose, I think indicative of softness of constitution. 



The iRisfi Setter is either pure red, or red and white, or 

 yellow and white spotted. His nose, lips, and palate, are inva- 

 riahly l)lack. His coat is somewhat more wiry, and his frame 

 more bony and muscular than the English dog. He is the har- 

 diest and most dauntless of the race, and, though apt to be some- 

 what unmanageable and headstrong, if he is sufficiently worked, 

 and managed with a tight hand, these faults can be kept down, 

 while liis indomitable pluck, his rapidity, his perseverance, and 

 his dasli, render him, in my opinion, for the real hard-working 

 sportsman, preferable to his English brother. 



The Scotch and Welsh Setters are in no i-espect distinct 

 varietirs, and only differ from the English, as being inferior in 

 purity of blood. The Irish dog is unthjubtedly the original type 

 of the Setter in Great Britain. 



The Russian Setter is, however, clearly a distinct variety; 

 and it is a little remarkable tliat this race has never been des- 

 cribed in any American woi'k, and that Mr. Youatt, and his 

 editiir, Dr. Lewis, seem to be alike unaware of its existence. 



It is rather taller than the English dog, and is very muscular 

 and bony. The head is very much shorter and rounder than 

 that of any other Setter, and is covered with such a fleece oV 

 coarst" woolly hair, that unless it is clipped away from the brows, 

 the animal can scarcely see. Tin; whole body is covered by a 

 coat o ' 1 ing, thick, woolly fleece, hanging in elf-locks knotted 

 together, of many inches in length, as curly, though six times as 

 Ioul;, as those of the Water Poodle. Its olfactory powers are 

 of the viTV highest order, its docility and sagacity unequalled, 

 and its courage in facing briars or water, its endurance of cold 

 and fatigue, are such as to entitle it, in my opinion, to the first 

 place of the whole race. It makes an admirable retriever, and 

 woul 1, I think, suit this country beyond any dog with which 

 I am ac-(iuainted, though I have never seen one in America. It 

 is less handsome than the English and Irish breeds, but its qua- 



