206 MANUAL FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 
The springer is somewhat larger, “ has a smaller eye,” 
I quote from the Manual of Rural Sports, “and a more 
pointed nose, and with a more impetuous nature than the 
cocker, requiring more coercion than he, and far more than 
the Clumber spaniel. He is generally of about thirty 
pounds weight, with a party-colored coat of liver and 
white, yellow and white, or black and white.” 
All the varieties should be hung “ with ears that sweep 
away the morning dew,” should have coats long, soft, 
waving—not curled, except about the ears—and glistering 
as floss silk. Their tails should be short, stout, and, like 
their legs, deeply and densely feathered. 
The Clumber spaniel is a stouter, shorter-legged, 
rougher-coated dog, with a broad nose. “In him,” con- 
tinues Stonehenge, “ there is the full development of brain 
and of the cavities of the nose, which gives the power of 
smelling with the greatest nicety, and also that of dis- 
criminating scents; thus the true Clumber spaniel will 
distinguish readily the foot-scent of the pheasant from the 
cock, and will throw his tongue differently ; and they may 
readily be kept to either, or allowed to hunt both, accord- 
ing to the fancy of their masters. In size these dogs are 
about thirty-five or forty pounds—generally of a liver 
color, with very large heads, long ears, and broad noses; 
bodies low, long and strong, covered with long hair, not 
very curly but with a strong wave, legs very straight and 
‘strong, with good feet. They also have great powers of 
endurance, but are not fast, and are on that account well 
suited to covert-shooting. Their note is deep and musical, 
and they are under very good command, when well broken. 
