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DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



VIII.— THE WATER-SPANIEL. 



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The Southern Irish Water-Spaniel. 



In England what is called the water-spaniel is of a very 

 indefinite character; nearly all that can be said of him being, 

 that he is a large, curly, liver-and- white spaniel, used for wild- 

 fowl shooting. In Ireland, however, there are two varieties of 

 this kind of dog, one chiefly known in the north and the other in 

 the south. I shall begin by describing the Irish spaniel par 



excellence, viz., that used in the south. 



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