DOMESTIC DOGS. 
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retrieving on land the poodle relies fully as much on its general intelligence as on 
its scent of smell, thereby resembling the Newfoundland; and it generally hunts 
by casting round in circles, rather than by following a direct trail. Poodles are 
generally the dogs employed in circuses as performers, and they have frequently 
been taught to recognise and pick out many of the cards from a pack at the 
direction of their masters. As a remarkable instance of intelligence, Dr. Romanes 
relates a case where a poodle, having on one occasion conducted his master to the 
larder, and been rewarded with a piece of meat, essayed to lead him again to the 
WHITE AND BLACK POODLES llat. size). 
same spot. Being baffled in this attempt, the dog thereupon took up his master’s 
hat, with which he proceeded to the larder, and lay down beneath the shelf on 
which was placed the coveted joint. 
This dog may be compared to a diminutive Skye terrier, and 
should not exceed some 5 or 6 lbs. in weight. It has a short body, 
and is covered with very long and silky hair, which is of a uniform semi-trans¬ 
parent white colour, the tail being thickly haired and carried tightly curled over 
the back. The nose and roof of the mouth are black; and the hair of the 
moderately long ears, as in other terriers, mingles with that of the neck. 
Mexican The Mexican lap-dog is also pure white in colour, but with a 
Lap-Dog. flesh-coloured nose. The hair on the head and body is moderately 
long and curly, but that of the rather short tail longer and straighten The ears 
