478 Modern Dogs. 



Devonshire men ever claim them as a distinct 

 variety. 



Youatt, writing in 1845, savs the breed was first 

 brought into note by the late Duke of Norfolk, who 

 was supposed to have produced them by crossing with 

 a black and tan terrier and a springer, the latter an 

 ordinary spaniel. This, however, is not at all likely 

 to be correct, for, long prior to that time, brown and 

 white spaniels were found. Indeed, I fancy that was 

 the prevailing spaniel colour. Far more likely the 

 so-called Norfolk spaniel was produced originally by 

 a cross between a curly-coated water spaniel and 

 one of the ordinary Sussex or other breed. 



Now, liver and white spaniels, almost infinite in 

 shape and size, may be seen running about the 

 streets in any country place. The sporting shop- 

 keeper considers him the best shooting dog; and so 

 he may be when properly trained for he is a leggier, 

 closer and better coated animal than the ordinary 

 spaniel we see when standing at the ring side. He 

 will retrieve well from both land and water, work 

 a hedgerow or thick covert, and indeed do anything 

 that is the special work of a spaniel. 



Some of these liver and white spaniels are com- 

 paratively mute, whilst others are terribly noisy 

 yelping and giving tongue when hunting, almost as 

 freely as a hound. Still, the chances are that the 



