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of the ears, wliioli is greater than in the Blenheims; these being 

 also lighter in frame, and always yellow or red and white. Both 

 are small delicate dogs, and though they have pretty good noses, 

 and will hunt game readily, yet they so soon tire that they are 

 rarely used for the purpose, and are solely kept for their ornamental 



The King Charles and Blenheim Spaniels. (Yoiiatt.) 



properties. They make good watch dogs in-doors, barking at the 

 slightest noise, and thus giving notice of the approach of improper 

 persons ; nor, though they are somewhat timid, are they readily 

 silenced, as their small size allows of their retreating beneath 

 chairs and sofas, from which asylum they keep up their sharp and 



