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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 
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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 YOUNG GRIFFON DE BRESSE. 
hair is short to the forehead, but the skull FROM THE PAINTING BY ROSA BONHEUR IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION. 
is surmounted by a prominent top-knot of 
long hair which falls in a point towards the common. It is an excellent water dog, and 
eyes, and almost overlaps the pendant ears, 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 @arvét Picard, of which Mr. 
A. Guerlain, of Crotoy, had the first 
M. A. DUQUESNE’S PONT-AUDEMER SPANIEL famous kennel; the Griffon Korthals, 
MUSOTTE. originally a German rather than 
