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The Sussex Spaniel. — He should be of a deep golden 

 liver colour, and should weigh about thirty-four 

 pounds. His head should be long and heavy, his eye 

 large, and languishing, his forehead projecting over the 

 eye, the muzzle square, the lips rather pendulous, his 

 mouth large, and his under jaw rather recedes from the 

 upper jaw. His ears should be large and well fur- 

 nished with silky hair, they should be small, or narrow, 

 where they spring from the head, and large, or lobe 

 shaped, at the base ; they should be set low down, and 

 hang close to the cheeks. The nostrils should be large, 

 the nose large and liver-coloured. The neck should be 

 strong and muscular, with the crest a little arched. 

 The chest, should be wide, the shoulders well thrown 

 back, the body, long, and round. The legs should be 

 short and strong, well flewed to the foot, before and 

 behind. The feet, which are nearly always good in a 

 Spaniel, should be round, well arched, and abundantly 

 furnished with feather. The loin should be very 

 strong, the back ribs very deep and round; the tail, 

 docked to about nine inches, and well-feathered, should 

 be set low, and have a downward action. The proper 

 carriage of the tail marks the Spaniel's purity, as much 

 as anything. The coat should be waved, not curled, 

 and as already said, of a golden liver colour. 



The Black Spaniel. — The following description of 



the points required in this popular variety, are laid 



down by my friend, Mr. T. Jacobs, of Newton Abbot, 



who is, as far as I know, about the most successful 



breeder and exhibitor of them, during the last twenty- 



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