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the soles are often thin and unfit for road-work, which may 

 account for this dog following badly behind a horse or carriage. 



The coat is very remarkable, being more like fur than hair, but 

 very coarse fur. There is an under-coat, but it also is furry rather 

 than woolly. There is as marked a frill as in the collie, and 

 there is nearly more feather on the fore-legs: The face is bare 

 of all but very short hair. 



The colour most esteemed is a jet black without white. The 

 only other allowable colour is a pure flake white, without any 

 shade or spot of yellow. A red strain is met with in Germany, 

 but it is unknown in this country. 



The tail is curled over the back and carried on the side, 

 usually the left. It is heavily feathered, and rather short in 

 dock. 



The symmetry of the spitz is quite up to the average of the 

 canine race. 



VI.— THE CHINESE SHEEP-DOG. 



This dog is exactly like the spitz as met with in this country, 

 except in colour, which is always red more or less mixed with 

 dark brown hairs, constituting the colour of the hare's back. It 

 is a good-tempered, inoffensive animal, and an excellent companion 

 and house-dog. 



VII.— THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; 



Several varieties of this dog are met with, which I shall proceed 

 to describe, beginning with — 



