22 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DOG. 



diverge and swell out so as to enlarge the forehead and the cerebral 

 cavitj'. This group includes some of the most useful and intelli- 

 gent dogs." 



Var. E — Spaniel, Can.fam. extrarius, Lin. The name of the 



spaniel race is derived from its (supposed) original country, 



Spain. 



The sub-varieties are — «, The smaller spaniel, with a small 

 round head, the ears and tail covered with long hair ; h, King 

 Charles's spaniel, Can. brevipiles, Lin,i2 ; c, La Pyrame^ Buff.; 



have excited the greatest admiration. The erudite writer we have already 

 noted observes, that " there appears to have been a threefold distinction of 

 canes venatici, acknowledged by classic authors during the imperial govern- 

 ment of Rome. I do not mean (continues our author) that this classification 

 is ac«urately observed by all the cynegetical and popular authorities ; but it 

 may be traced, more or less clearly, in the writings of Grotius, Seneca, Arte- 

 midorus, Oppian, Claudian, and Julius Firmicus. The Faliscan also notes a 

 triple division, 



" Canum quibus est audacia prceceps 

 Y ei\dindi\(\\xe sagax virtus ; viresque sequandi." 



Arrian on Coursing. 



For some other notices relating to this important variety of the canine race, 

 I would recommend the reader to a Treatise on Greyhounds, attributed to Sir 

 Wm. Clayton, a Baronet of sporting celebrity. In this elegant and classic 

 production will be found a fund of interesting and instructive matter relative 

 to the breeding, rearing, and treatment of these dogs. According to the mo- 

 desty of its author, it is besprinkled with " a few classical flowers;" but the 

 reader will find it a gay parterre, where literary and sporting subjects change 

 hands at every turn. 



''•'King Charles II, it is known, was extremely fond of spaniels, two 

 varieties of which are seen in his several portraits, or in those of his fa- 

 vourites. One of these was small, of a black and white colour, with ears of an 

 extreme length ; the other was large and black, but the black was beautifully 

 relieved by tan markings, exactly similar to the markings of the black and tan 

 terrier : this breed the late Duke of Norfolk preserved with jealous care. That 

 amiable and excellent lady, the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, shewed me a 

 very fine specimen presented to her by that nobleman, after receiving a pro- 

 mise, guaranteed by her royal brother, that she was not to breed from it in a 



