. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Sussex Spaniel. The King Charles Spaniel derives his name from Charles II. ofEngland ( the Merry Monarch ),who patronized the breed on ac-cou
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Sussex Spaniel. The King Charles Spaniel derives his name from Charles II. ofEngland ( the Merry Monarch ),who patronized the breed on ac-count of its beautiful character-_^ , .^ istics. Of course great changes yS^r^^f^^^^^i>^^- ^S^^WEl^ have been effected during the in-MV^^^0^^,J^,<it^WmLvWn\^ spaniel is a different dog, but re- tains traits that make him afavor-ite. The head is high and hemi-ephericalin shape, sometimes pro-jecting over the eyes and nearlyreaching the upturned nose, whichis short, deep and wide, and blackat the end; the ears are so longthat they reach the ground, andare heavily covered with hair, and fringed; the eyes jire large, lus-trous and of a dark color; the body is compact; the back broad; thechest wide, and the legs strong and stout; the weight from 5 to 10 King Charles SpanieL The Otter Hound is a peculiarly British sporting dog. and prin-cipally employed in hunting theotter, which, if not disturbed,wastefully destroys the fish cul-tivated and preserved in lakesand streams. He is probably thedescendant of a Southern hound,iinproved and changed by selec-tion and a careful breeding, butret;iiuing the trails of a houndin every respect. His outwardhair is rough and long, but underthis is a thick woolly undercoat,which wards off the ill effects oflong-continued and w<t excur-sions. His style of hunting islow and slow, but very sure,owing to his tender sense of pmclJ. The dog represented is of agrizzled black-and-tan color, and of very fine shape.
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