. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dogs. 118 (::i) dogs fou the Fig. 21.—IRISH WATER SPANIEL, KAKE. THE WATER SPANIEL. WaUr Spaniels are commonly said to have web-feet, and this point is often made a ground of distinction from other dogs, but tlie fact is that all dogs have their toes united by membranes in the same way, the only distinction between the water and land dogs being that the former liave larger feet, an
. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dogs. 118 (::i) dogs fou the Fig. 21.—IRISH WATER SPANIEL, KAKE. THE WATER SPANIEL. WaUr Spaniels are commonly said to have web-feet, and this point is often made a ground of distinction from other dogs, but tlie fact is that all dogs have their toes united by membranes in the same way, the only distinction between the water and land dogs being that the former liave larger feet, and that the membrane between the toes being more lax, they spread more in swimming, and arc thus more useful in the water. Most people would un- derstand, from the stress laid on web-feet in the water dogs, that the toes of the land dogs were nearly as much divided as those of man, but there are none so formed, and, as I before remarked, the toes of all are united throughout by a strong membrane. The coat in all the water dogs is woolly and thickly matted, often curly, and in all more or less oil}-, so as to resist the action of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, John Henry, 1810-1888. New York : Orange Judd
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