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The Large WATER-SPANIEL. 



The drawing of this beautiful animal was made from 

 one of the fined of its kind, in the poffeffion of J. E, 

 Blackett, efq; of Newcaftle upon Tyne. 



This kind of Dog is valuable for its great docility and 

 attachment to its matter. It receives inftru&ions with 

 readinefs, and obeys with uncommon alacrity. — Its form 

 is elegant, its hair beautifully curled or crifped, its ears 

 long, and its afpecl: mild and fagacious. — It is fond of 

 the water, and fwims well. It is chiefly ufed in difco- 

 vering the haunts of wild-ducks and other water fowl ; 

 and alfo in finding birds that have been fhot or difabled. 

 —It is probably the Finder, defcribed by Cains. 



