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it may be as well to hear what Mr. J. F. Farrow, of 

 Ipswich, has to say of the variety, and I thank him 

 for his contribution thereon, especially as the Irish 

 water spaniel is one of those dogs whose acquaint- 

 ance I have only made through shows. Mr. Farrow 

 writes as follows : 



11 I remember as well as if only yesterday a very 

 old sporting friend a man who had done years of 

 wild fowling on all the rivers and marshes in the 

 East of England coming up to me when I was 

 engaged in a conversation with the late Mr. P. 

 Bullock, going over the winners in the Irish Water 

 Spaniel classes at a dog show held at Laycock's 

 Dairy Yard, Islington, in 1869. Mr. Bullock's 

 exhibit had obtained an extra prize, and the Rev. 

 W. J. Mellor's Doctor and Bingo had been placed 

 ist and 3rd, and that good dog, Rake, Mr. P. 

 Lindoe's, 2nd. * Farrow,' said my old sporting 

 friend, ' you don't want to trouble about those 

 gentlemen ; you would not use them twice in a boat, 

 they carry too much water, with such a companion 

 a boat is a miserable place to be in if you have any 

 work to do.' This remark, however, did not stop 

 the desire I had to go in for an Irish water spaniel 

 at that time. 



" I had certain rough shooting on some of 

 the Essex marshes, and I found the Irish water 



