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CARNIVORES. 



hair of the body should be silky and of moderate length, with a slight wave, but 

 no curl ; its ground-colour being always white, with yellow or orange spots, the 

 lemon-yellow tint being preferred. The Sussex spaniel, which has the ordinary 

 lobe-shaped ear and gives tongue when hunting, has a less heavy head than the 



Clumber, and 



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CLUMBER SPANIEL. 



a 



wavy coat of a 

 golden-liver colour, 

 without any ad- 

 mixture of white. 

 The Norfolk 

 spaniel is subject 

 to considerable 

 variation, and is 

 either liver-and- 

 white, or black- 

 and-white in its 

 colour. It differs 

 from the two pre- 

 ceding races by 

 the lesser pro- 

 portionate length 

 of the body, and 

 the longer fringe 

 of hair on the 



ears, which frequently nearly touch the ground. Cockers are small spaniels, and 

 are now divided into Welsh and modern Cockers ; the former being liver, or liver- 

 and- white, while the latter are larger and generally completely black. The head 

 is relatively long, the eyes are less full than in the other breeds ; and the coat is 

 soft, silky, and waved, with a considerable amount of fringe on the throat and 

 limbs. 



The King Charles and Blenheim spaniels are much smaller animals, probably 

 derived from the Cocker. The King Charles is black-and-tan in colour, with a 

 larger or smaller admixture of white, and is characterised by the great length of 

 the ears. In both the muzzle is extremely short, with an upturned nose, while the 

 head is nearly globular, and the ears should touch the ground. The coat should be 

 long, silky, and wavy, but devoid of curl ; while the ears, limbs, and feet should be 

 abundantly fringed. 



Irish Water- The water-spaniels, of which the best-marked breed is the Irish, 



Spaniel. are relatively large dogs, with broad splay feet, and a woolly, thickly- 

 matted, and often curly coat, which is more or less oily. The southern Irish water- 

 spaniel is characterised by the bare face and thinly-haired tail, the presence of a 

 distinct " top-knot " on the crown of the head, the long curls round the legs, and 

 the thickly-curling coat of the body and ears ; the colour being of a uniform puce 

 liver tint. The northern variety of the Irish water-spaniel has shorter ears, with 

 but little fringe, while the curls of the body hair are shorter and closer; the 

 colour being either liver or liver-and- white. 



