[ London Times ]
This newspaper, most correctly known simply as The Times, began publication in 1785 and continues to this day.
The November 2, 1827 edition of The Times carried the following notice of "the giant dog Neptune," said to be Europe's largest Newf, on exhibit in London:
A remarkably fine Newfoundland dog (named Carron) belonging to Mr. Henry Bell, of the Baths, Helensburgh, in the month of August last, was seen watching like a cat on the banks of the Clyde, behind the baths. A person observed at the same time a cod fish about 18 inches long, in sportive mood jumping repeatedly out of the water. The sagacious dog had noticed the unwary fish, and at a favourable moment plunged into the Clyde and disappeared for a short time. He then made his appearance with the fish in his mouth, and delivered it to one of Mr. Bell's servants, with very few marks of violence upon it. — Caladonian Mercury