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whose famous picture has already been alluded to. 

 The so-called St. John's, or lesser Newfoundland, of 

 which much has been written, appears to have died 

 out altogether. No one breeds him now, and if 

 he survives at all it is in the smooth or wavy-coated 

 retrievers that have made such progression of late. 



The author of " Dogs of the British Isles " had a 

 typical specimen of the Newfoundland given him 

 on the death of the " Old Bushman " (whose works 

 on travel and sport are most interesting) a dog 

 the latter had imported as the best of the race 

 he could find ; handsome, but not quite so big 

 as many of the English specimens, he standing 

 28in. high at the shoulders. His colour was a rusty 

 black, which is seldom seen now, but no doubt quite 

 correct, and he had double dew claws. My old and 

 esteemed friend, the late Mr. William Lort, always 

 impressed upon me that this " rustiness " in the 

 colour was correct, and further remarked that all the 

 best dogs he ever saw abroad possessed it to a larger 

 or smaller extent. 



A contributor, writing to the Field in 1 869, and he 

 wrote with authority, said with regard to this tinge : 

 (( The black dogs, especially when young, often 

 appear to have a brown tinge in their coats. It is 

 to be seen more or less in most dogs. Combing 

 will often remove it if the dog has not been well kept, 



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