water dogs

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; water bear
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75866

water n . . . "the water dogs" - black, smooth-haired beasts with massive forequarters, otter-like trails, and webbed feet - dogs almost as much acquatic animals as they were animals of the land. Nobody knows where they came from or when they came, but they seem to have been on the Newfoundland coasts when history first begins to speak about the island. It is from this aboriginal stock, remnants of which still exist upon the Sou'west Coast, that the famous breeds known as the Labrador and the Newfoundland were developed. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Not used on the water; salt water; fresh-water; water bear; water doctor; water dog; water fur; water gully; water haul; water hopper; water-horse; water-jug; water lily; water man; water nipper; water pigeon; water pup;water whelp; water set; waterside