[ Black / McLeod of Dare ]
This novel, set on the Isle of Mull off the west coast of Scotland, features only one metaphorical reference to Newfoundlands, which occurs during a discussion of the title character's growing interest in a young woman:
"Ay," Macleod said, "if I myself had only known! If it was a plunge — as people talk about falling in love with a woman — why, the next morning I would have shaken myself free of it, as a Newfoundland dog shakes himself free of the water."