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There ai'e also whole colours, such as jet black, liver, 

 red, and white. 



The texture of the coat should be soft and short. 



' Sala's Journal ' gives the following account of a pointer 

 puppy :— 



' It seems that a well-known North Country sportsman 

 had a favourite pointer who had a litter, and amongst them 

 was a smaller one than the rest, who, on account of sup- 

 posed weakness, was allowed in the house and made a pet 

 of by the ladies and children; and it formed a habit of 

 playing with balls of wool and cotton which fell on the 

 carpet, and as it grew it develo2Ded a singular taste, when 

 there was no more wool on hand, of seizing the antima- 

 cassars and having a romp with them, and often did damage. 

 To break him of his bad habits he was sharply flogged once 

 or twice with a whip which was hung on a peg of the 

 hall stand, just outside the room. About a week after its 

 last castigation its further use was required, but the whip 

 could not be found. Another was procured and applied, 

 and placed in the same position. A view of the spot in 

 the hall was visible from the door of some of the domestic 

 offices, and, when all had quieted down after the last 

 whipping, a noise was heard by the housemaid. She 

 spied the pup jumping and climbing up the stand until 

 he could get hold of the whip, which done he ran off with 

 it out of the house. The girl followed, watching his move- 

 ments, and saw him enter an old disused barn some distance 

 away, and shortly after return gaily enough without the 

 whip. The girl told her master, and, on the old barn being 

 entered, the dog's hiding-place was traced by means of some 

 footmarks over some old barrels, and behind the rearmost 

 both whips were discovered.' 



The Pomeranian or Spitz Dog 



This is hardly a British dog, though it is now quite 

 Common in England. It is in appearance very much like 



