NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DOG. 10 



THE WATER -POG. 

 THE GREAT ROUGH WATER-DOG. 



This is a dog of considerable size, being about the height 

 r' a stout setter, but much more powerfully built. His coat is 

 long and curled ; the head is large and round ; the frontal 

 sinuses ample ; ears long, and well furnished with hair ; 

 legs rather short; color usually brown and white, or black 

 and white ; he possesses great courage and sagacity ; he is 

 an excellent water-dog, and well adapted to the duties of a 

 retriever ; he, however, requires considerable training to in- 

 duce him to be tender of his game, as he is apt to drive in 

 his teeth, and consequently mangle his bird. 



This dog is not to be confounded with the poodle of either 

 France or Germany ; he is a more original, and a very dif- 

 ferent dog. 



I recollect a singularly large dog of this breed, about ten 

 years ago, in possession of Mr. Griers-on, of N. Hanover- 

 street, Edinburgh, near the foot of the Mound, which was 

 possessed of unusual intelligence. Among other eccentrici- 

 ties, this dog followed the profession of mendicancy, and 

 regularly solicited the charity of the passers-by. On re- 

 ceiving a halfpenny, his habit was, if hungry, to proceed at 

 once to the shop of Mr. Nelson, at the corner of Rose-street, 

 and purchase a biscuit ; but it sometimes happened that he 

 put by his halfpence until the calls of appetite returned, 

 when he would go to his repository, take the money to the 

 baker's, and make his purchase. A servant of Mr. Grier- 

 son's accidentally came upon this sagacious and provident 

 animal's hoarding-place on one occasion, where were found 

 about five-pence halfpenny in halfpence. The dog chanced 

 to enter at the moment of the discovery, and with a growl of 

 displeasure he rushed to the spot, and snatching up his 

 wealth, proceeded at full speed to the shop, and dashed the 

 money on the counter, barking vehemently at the same 

 time, probably deeming it safer to turn it into bread at once, 

 than risk being robbed by keeping it. This dog was stuffed 

 at his death, and is preserved in the Ed. Mus. of Nat. History. 



THE POODLE. 



The Poodle resembles the great water-dog in general ap- 

 pearance, but may be very easily disting fished from him by 



