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The Living Animals of the World 



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GEEYHOUND. 

 A tyjiical specimen of this elegant variety. 



in the west of England. I 

 have been foitnnate in 

 obtaining one of Mr. E. C. 

 Norrish's celebrated strain 

 as a tyjjical specimen for 

 illustration. 



The Setter group, which 

 comprises three varieties, are 

 all useful and beautiful in 

 their way. The English are 

 usually white, with markings 

 or tickings of blue, lemon, 

 or black ; they are rather 

 long and narrow in the head, 

 with bodies and sterns well 

 feathered, and are graceful 

 and active movers. Gordon 

 setters, which are always 

 black and tan in colour, and 

 preferred without any white, 

 are generally larger and 

 stronger in build than the 

 last-named. Irish setters are 

 more on the lines of the 

 English, being a rich tawny 

 red in colour, rather higher 

 on the leg, with narrow skulls, glossy coats, feathered legs and stern, ears set low and lying 

 back, and lustrous, expressive eyes. 



Ketrievers may be divided into flat-coated and curly-coated. Both are usually black, 

 but other colours are occasionally seen. The coats of the first-named are full, but without 

 curl in them ; while the latter have their bodies, heads, legs, thighs, and even tails covered 

 with small close curls. The eyes of both should be dark, and the ears carried closely to the 

 sides of the head. In an article dealing with retrievers, which appeared in the Cornhill 

 Magazine under the title of " Dogs which Earn their Living," the author writes : " There 

 is not the slightest doubt that in the modern retrievers acquired habits, certainly one 

 acquired habit, that of fetching dead and wounded game, are transmitted directly. The 

 puppies sometimes retrieve without being taught, though with this they also combine a 

 greatly improved capacity for further teaching. Eecently a retriever was sent after a winged 

 partridge which had run into a ditch. The dog followed it some way down the ditch, 

 and presently came out with an old rusty tea-kettle, held in its mouth by the handle. 

 The kettle was taken from the dog, amid nmch laughter ; then it was found that inside the 

 kettle was the partridge ! The explanation was that the bird, when wounded, ran into the 

 ditch, which was narrow. In the ditch was the old kettle, with no lid on. Into this the bird 

 crept; and as the dog could not get the bird out, it very projierly brought out the kettle 

 with the bird in it. Among dogs which earn their living, these good retrievers deserve a place 

 in the front rank." The illustration shows a good flat-coated retriever at work. 



The Spaniel group is rather large, including the English and Irish water-spaniels, the 

 former an old-fashioned, useful sort, often li\er or roan, with some white or other markings, 

 and a good deal of curl in the coat and on the ears. His Irish brother is always some shade of 

 liver in colour, larger in the body and higher on the leg, covered with a curly coat, except on the 

 tail, which is nearly bare of hair, with a profusion of hair on the top of the head, often hanging 

 down over the eyes, giving a comical appearance, and increasing his Hibernian expression. They 



