WATER SPANIEL. 



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The Southern Irish Water Spaniel. 



The Iriah water spaniel consists of two distinct varieties, pecu- 

 liar to the North and South of Ireland. The Northern dog has 

 short ears, with little feather either on them or on the legs, but 

 with a considerable curl in his coat. In colour he is generally 

 liver, but with more or less white which sometimes predominates, 

 so as to make him decidedly white and liver. The South coioitr// 

 Irish water spaniel is, on the contrary, invariably of a puce liver 

 colour. Ears long and well feathered, being often two, feet from 

 point to point, and the whole coat consisting of short crisp curls. 



