128 PASTORAL DOGS, ETC. 



ally stout and strong, but loosely put together, so that there is a 

 general want of compactness, especially about the loins, which are 

 long and very flexible. The head is not large in comparison to 

 the size, but wide across the eyes ; muzzle of average length and 

 width, and without any flews, as in the hounds and pointers ; 

 eye and ear both small, the latter falling, and without much hair 

 on it ; neck short and clothed with a rufi" of hair ; tail long, curled 

 on itself slightly, and woolly ; legs very strong, but not feathered ; 

 feet large and rather flat, bearing the road badly ; coat on the 

 body long, hairy, shaggy, and shining, without any admixture of 

 wool ; the colour should be black, but it is sometimes black and 

 white, or white with little black, or liver colour, or a reddish dun, 

 or sometimes, but rarely, a dark brindle not very well marked. 



The Large Labrador is a more loosely-framed animal, and is 

 never entirely black, being more or less mixed with white. The 

 coat also is longer, more wooll}^ and curly. 



The St. JoJdi's, or Smaller Labrador, or Neicfonndland, the 

 three names being used indiscriminately, is seldom more than 25 

 inches high, and often much less. The head is larger in propor- 

 tion to his size, and the ear also slightly fuller ; neck longer ; body 

 far more compact, and clothed with shorter hair, shining, and 

 without any woolly texture ; tail similar in shape, but the hair less 

 Avoolly ; legs and feet also better adapted for work ; colour almost 

 always a jet black, rarely liver-coloured. This dog is now generally 

 more or less crossed with the setter. The specimen which is here 

 engraved is not particularly well marked, but I have been unable 

 to obtain a better, and therefore give it as the nearest approach 



