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would much rather see a kind light eye than a 

 black sour one, which always appears most 

 treacherous. 



" The fore legs should be straight, well lined with 

 muscle, to give them a round, powerful appearance, 

 ending with good, large, well closed feet, standing 

 on them like a terrier. The chest above must be 

 wide, and come well down, giving the dog a bold, 

 broad front ; the body should sway well between 

 the fore and hindquarters, and not tucked up at the 

 loins ; powerful hindquarters, with no horrible cow- 

 hocks, and ending with a tail the length of which 

 should not reach below the hocks, be without a 

 kink, curl, or curve, and carried low down. There 

 is nothing to my mind more unsightly in a New- 

 foundland than a tail curled on the back or with a 

 kink in it ; personally I like to see the tail carried 

 more after the style of a setter, and do not quite 

 agree with the Club's authorised carriage of tail. 

 Now as to coat. To obtain a correct coat is 

 another difficulty, and to describe a proper one is 

 about as difficult ; the purpose for which it is 

 required makes it so. It must, however, be straight, 

 without wave or curl, long coarse hair, not wool, 

 with a good warm under coat, which water will not 

 penetrate ; the arrangement being, that, when the 

 dog comes out of water and shakes himself, which 



