500 
taught to retrieve as well as to stand their 
game. 
SPANIELS. 
Some of the French gun-dogs immediately 
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 toa 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, 
THE: NEW BOOK 
OF THE DOG: 
themselves covered with a long crisp coat. 
This crest gives the dog something of a 
resemblanceto the old English Water Spaniel. 
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- 
YOUNG 
common. 
is invaluable in the shooting of wild duck 
GRIFFON DE BRESSE. 
FROM THE PAINTING BY ROSA BONHEUR IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION 
It is an excellent water dog, and 
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 @arrét Picard, of which Mr. 
A. Guerlain, of Crotoy, had the first 
M. A. DUQUESNE'S PONT-AUDEMER SPANIEL 
MUSOTTE. 
famous kennel; the Griffon Korthals, 
originally a German rather than 
