18 Varieties of the Dog. 
measure 22 in. to 24 in. across the head from tip to tip, 
including the hair, which should be soft and silky. They 
should lie close to the head, and be set well back. They 
should not be fixed on the top of the head, but be set 
rather Jow. The neck strong and muscular. The 
shoulders broad and prominent. The chest of medium 
depth, broad, well developed, and muscular, The body 
and loins strong and powerful; loins slightly drooping 
towards root of tail. The legs: fore-legs strong, muscular, 
straight, and not inclined to be bandied ; hind legs strong 
and should be like those of a greyhound, well bent, and 
very short from hock to foot. The feet strong and round, 
of a good medium size (not too small), and they shoul 
be well feathered between the to<s. The tail, thin and 
straight, should be set low, and always carried below the 
level of the back, with a downward tendency. ‘The coat 
waved and silky, but never wiry or woolly ; it should be 
3 in. to 4in. in length. The feathering on the legs, hams, 
and tail, and the frill on the breast, should be 4 in..to § in. 
in length. The colours, black, brown, liver, black and 
white, liver and white, and lemon and white. The points 
are: head, neck, and ears, 30; chest and shoulders, 10; 
back and ribs, 10; legs and feet, 10; low carriage of tail, 
10; symmetry, ro; colour and coat, 5. 
ater Spaniels may be classed as English or Irish, 
besides which there is the Tweedside breed, which re- 
sembles a good deal in appearance a small ordinary 
English retriever of a liver-colour. 
The Old English Water Spaniel is now seldom 
or never seen in any degree of purity, and it is scarcely 
necessary, or even possible, to describe it with any degree 
of certainty a3 to the truth of the particulars. “I shall 
therefore pass on to the Irish breeds, 
The North of Ireland Water Spaniel resembles 
greatly the old English dog, except in having shorter curs 
without feather, and in being longer on the legs, which 
also are without feather. It is seldom met with in this 
country. 
The Southern Irish Water Spaniel is, on the 
contrary, more frequently found in England and Ir-!ond, 
