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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
short, clothed with a ruff of hair; tail curled. Coat long, slaggy, and 
shining, without very much admixture of wool. The color should be black, 
though sometimes it is black aud white, or white with a little black or liver 
color or reddish dim. 
The St. Johns, or smaller Newfoundland, is seldom more than 25 inches 
high. The head is larger in proportion to his size, and the ear fuller, neck 
longer, body far more compact and clothed with shorter hair. In color he if 
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