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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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All
the
different
varieties
of
Spaniels,
both
sporting
and
toy,
have,
with
the
exception
of
the
Clumber
and
the
Irish
Water
Spaniel
(who
is
not,
despite
his
name,
a
true
Spaniel
at
all),
a
common
origin,
though
at
a
very
early
date
we
find
them
divided
into
two
groups--viz.,
Land
and
Water
Spaniels,
and
these
two
were
kept
distinct,
and
bred
to
develop
those
points
which
were
most
essential
for
their
different
spheres
of
work.
The
earliest
mention
of
Spaniels
to
be
found
in
English
literature
is
contained
in
the
celebrated
"Master
of
Game,"
the
work
of
Edward
Plantagenet,
second
Duke
of
York,
and
Master
of
Game
to
his
uncle,
Henry
IV.,
to
whom
the
work
is
dedicated.
It
was
written
between
the
years
1406
and
1413,
and
although
none
of
the
MSS.,
of
which
some
sixteen
are
in
existence,
is
dated,
this
date
can
be
fairly
accurately
fixed,
as
the
author
was
appointed
Master
of
Game
in
the
former
and
killed
at
Agincourt
in
the
latter
year.
His
chapter
on
Spaniels,
however,
is
mainly
a
translation
from
the
equally
celebrated
"Livre
de
Chasse,"
of
Gaston
Comte
de
Foix,
generally
known
as
Gaston
Phoebus,
which
was
written
in
1387,
so
that
we
may
safely
assume
that
Spaniels
were
well
known,
and
habitually
used
as
aids
to
the
chase
both
in
France
and
England,
as
early
as
the
middle
of
the
fourteenth
century.
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