POINTERS AND SETTERS SPANIELS. 215 



All of the spaniels, readily develop into retriev- 

 ers, and tins is their principal use at present, 

 although they can be taught to hunt with con- 

 siderable effect and judgment, where too much is 

 not expected of them. They are lively, happy 

 little workers, and on grouse in dense coverts, 

 no dog possesses a better nose for the purpose. 

 Their size, too, is against them for most prac- 

 tical purposes. 



