Assertion: clumber spaniel | /r/HasAspect | excellent noses
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text: The Clumber, if pure bred, invariably hunts mute; they have excellent noses; from their low build, great strength, thick flat coats, and close lying ears they are extremely well fitted to force their way through and under the thickest tangles of briar, whin, or bramble, but it is not now in Thridding the sombre boskage of the wood that he is mostly used, but in the battue, where his silence, docility, and excellent retrieving qualities make him valuable; he is easily broken to retrieve, and works steadily and with a plodding and untiring patience; many of them prove excellent water dogs, although that is not their forte, and, well entered, they prove equally useful and steady on snipe, pheasants, or rabbits; in packs they work splendidly together, showing less jealousy and disposition to copy than many breeds, and to the single-dog sportsman the Clumber proves a useful, reliable, and, although a rather sedate one, an intelligent and pleasing companion.