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fine coat made him liable to a form of skin disease 

 similar to mud fever in horses, and which was brought 

 on by working. My experience is that the Clumber 

 spaniel is more subject to disease of one kind and 

 another than other dogs. Not many years ago 

 there was an excellent bitch being shown, often 

 winning, and usually catalogued to sell at an 

 extremely low price. Bromine her name was, well 

 bred, and when she was sold to go to America, I 

 remarked to a friend who liked Clumbers, how 

 foolish he was to allow such a good bitch to go 

 out of the country. " You don't know as much 

 about her as I do," replied the friend; " she cannot 

 be kept in health, and is nearly always up to the 

 eyes in mange." It need scarcely be said that 

 she did not survive long amidst our American 

 cousins. 



Mr. Hincks tells me a little as to the doings of 

 some of his Clumbers when at work. Of the dog 

 Barney, already alluded to, he says: "I had him 

 out one day with a young dog, Friar Jumbo. A 

 covey of birds rose and crossed me from left to 

 right in the corner of a field. I took the first bird, 

 and as I pulled two others came in the line of fire. 

 The bird aimed at dropped dead, whilst the other 

 two were winged. Both dogs dropped to shot, and 

 one of the wounded birds made for one fence and 



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