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the circumstance of his being furnished with wool instead of 

 hair. The Poodle is an excellent water-dog, but is not so 

 hardy, and consequently not capable of remaining in the 

 water so long as the preceding variety ; he is, however, 

 more active, more easily trained, and far more tender- 

 mouthed. Mr. Jesse, in his " Gleanings," mentions a Poodle 

 belonging to a friend of his, for whom correction was found 

 necessary, he being sometimes rather unruly : 4he gentleman 

 bought a whip, with which he corrected him once or twice 

 when out walking ; on his return he left the whip on the 

 hall-table, and in the morning it was missing. Having been 

 found concealed in an out-building, and, as before, used 

 when occasion required, in correcting the dog, it was once 

 more missed ; but on the dog, who was suspected of having 

 stolen it, being watched, he was seen to take it from the hall- 

 table, in order to hide it as before. 



In a most amusing paper, entitled " Sketches of Burschen 

 Life," published in that excellent periodical, THE DUBLIN 

 UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, for July, 1846, is the following 

 laughable anecdote of a Poodle and a short-sighted Pro- 

 fessor : 



" There was a story, when we were in Heidelberg, going 

 about of a certain student who had a remarkably fine white 

 Poodle ; the intelligence and sagacity of the animal were un- 

 common, and as he used daily to accompany his master to 

 the lecture-room of a professor, who was not very remark- 

 able for the distinctness of his vision, he would regularly 

 take his seat upon the bench beside his master, and peer into 

 his book, as if he understood every word of it. 



" One wet morning, the lecture-room, never, at any time, 

 remarkable for its fulness, was deserted, save by the student 

 who owned the Poodle. The dog, however, had somehow 

 happened to remain at home. 



" ' Gentlemen,' said the short-sighted professor, as he com- 

 menced his lecture, * I am sorry to notice, that the very 

 attentive student in the white coat, whose industry I have 

 not failed to observe, is, contrary to his usual custom, absent 

 to-day !' " 



THE LITTLE BARBET 



Is a diminutive poodle, the head being covered with straight 

 and silky hair the rest of the body having a curly and 

 woolly coat. 



