[ Black / McLeod of Dare ]
William Black (1841 - 1898)
Black was a Scottish journalist and novelist, quite popular in his time but nearly forgotten now.
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."