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as being within the knowledge of the Field are exceptional cases, has not been 

 discussed by me." 



Numberless anecdotes are told of the sagacity and fidelity of this dog, and 

 notably of his desire to save life in cases of threatened drowning. The Eev. S. 

 Atkinson, of Gateshead, had a narrow escape in trying to rescue one of two ladies 

 who were immersed in the sea at Newbiggin, being himself unable to swim ; but his 

 fine dog Cato came to their aid from some considerable distance without being 

 called, and, with his help, Mr. Atkinson was safely brought to shore, together with 

 his utterly exhausted charge. Hundreds of similar cases, and of ropes being carried 

 on shore from wrecked vessels, have been published, so that it is needless to gild 

 the refined gold with which these deeds are emblazoned. This dog's fame as a 

 member of the Humane Society is as firmly established as that of the St. Bernard 

 in the snow ; and as the numbers of the former until recently have been greatly in 

 excess of those of the latter, and the area for their operations is almost unlimited, 

 while the St. Bernard is confined to a couple of monasteries, it is scarcely fair to 

 compare the escapes carried through by the two breeds in point of numbers. Suffice 

 it to say that the gratitude of mankind has been earned by both. 



The numerical value of the points in this breeds is as follows : 



POINTS or THE NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Value. 



The head 25 



Ears and eyes 5 



Neck 10 



Chest 5 



45 



Yalue. 



Yalue. 



Back 10 Symmetry 10 



Legs 10 Colour 5 



Feet 5 



Size 10 



35 

 Grand Total 100. 



Coat 5 



Tail 5 



25 



1. The head (value 25) is very broad, and nearly flat on the top in each direction, 

 exhibiting a well-marked occipital protuberance, and also a considerable brow over 

 the eye, often rising three-quarters of an inch from the line of the nose, as is well 

 shown in the case of my present illustration, Mr. Mapplebeck's Leo, in which it 

 exists to a greater extent than usual. The Labrador shows the brow also, but not 

 nearly in so marked a manner. There is a slight furrow down the middle of the 

 top of the head, but nothing approaching to a stop. The skin on the forehead is 

 slightly wrinkled, and the coat on the face and top of the head is short, but not so 

 much so as in the curly retriever. Nose wide in all directions, but of average length, 

 and moderately square at the end, with open nostrils ; the whole of the jaws covered 

 with short hair. 



2. Eyes and ears (value 5). The eyes of this dog are small, and rather 

 deeply set ; but there should be no display of the haw or third eyelid. They 

 are generally brown, of various shades, but light rather than dark. The ears 

 are small, clothed with short hair on all but the edges, which are fringed with 

 longer hair. 



