THE POODLE. 



173 



rather long, but very strong, the bone being of great size and 

 well clothed with muscle. Feet large and spreading, tail covered 

 thickly with long curly hair, and slightly curved upwards, but 

 not carried above the level of the back. 



IX.— THE POODLE. 



Lady Di Huddleston's "Mossoo." 



In this country the poodle is chiefly kept as a companion, but 

 in France and Germany he is the main dependence of the small 

 proprietors and farmers who indulge in la chasse as the sport par 

 excellence of these two nations, and there he is the only water-dog 



