VARIETIES OF THE DOG. 



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CHAPTER III. 



THE VARIETIES O* THE DOG. SECOND DIVISION. 



The head moderately elongated, the parietals not approaching from 

 their insertion, but rather diverging, so as to enlarge the cerebral cavities 

 and the frontal sinuses ; consequently giving to these dogs greater power of 

 scent and intelligence. They constitute the most pleasing and valuable 

 division of the Dog. 



BLENHEIMS AND COCKERS. 



The Spaniel is evidently the parent of the Newfoundland dog and the 

 setter ; while the retriever, the poodle, the Bernardine, the Esquimaux, 

 the Siberian, and the Greenland dogs, the shepherd and drover's dog, and 

 every variety distinguished for intelligence and fidelity, have more or less 

 of his blood in them. 



THE SPANIEL 



is probably of Spanish origin, and thence his name. The ears are large 

 and pendent, the tail elevated, the fur of a different length in different 

 parts of the body, but longest about the ears, under the neck, behind the 

 thighs and on the tail, varying in colour, but most commonly white with 

 brown or black patches. 



There are many varieties of the spaniel. The smallest of the land 

 spaniels is 



