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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



taught to retrieve as well as to stand their themselves covered with a long crisp coat. 



game. This crest gives the dog something of a 



SPANIELS. resemblanceto the old English Water Spaniel. 



Some of the French gun-dogs immediately The body coat is curly and rather thick, 



in colour by preference brown and grizzle, 

 then brown and white, or self-coloured 

 brown. Black or black and white are un- 



BRAQUE LEGER DE L'ARIEGE. 



arrest the Briton's attention by their 

 unfamiliar peculiarities of shape and 

 colour. 



The Pont-Audemer Spaniel, for in- 

 stance, which is, properly speaking, a 

 Setter, is a most original-looking animal, 

 differing entirely from any sporting dog 

 we have in England. The head in par- 

 ticular is quite distinct. It is extremely 

 long and tapers to a pointed muzzle. The 

 hair is short to the forehead, but the skull 

 is surmounted by a prominent top-knot of 

 long hair which falls in a point towards the 

 eyes, and almost overlaps the pendant ears, 



M. A. DUQUESNE'S PONT-AUDEMER SPANIEL 



MUSOTTE. 



YOUNG GRIFFON DE BRESSE. 



FROM THE PAINTING BY ROSA BONHEUR IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION. 



common. It is an excellent water dog, and 

 is invaluable in the shooting of wild duck 

 and other waterfowl in the marshes. 

 The French Spaniel proper is a 

 fine-sized animal, one of the best 

 and keenest working dogs left in 

 France. Like the old Braque, he 

 has a long history. He is probably 

 a descendant of the now extinct 

 but once famous Griffon de Bresse, 

 of which Rosa Bonheur painted one 

 of the last examples. Three types 

 or strains are now prominent, each 

 associated with the name of its 

 original breeder. They are the 

 Griffon d'arrct Picard, of which Mr. 

 A. Guerlain, of Crotoy, had the first 

 famous kennel ; the Griffon Korthals, 

 originally a German rather than 



