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INFLUENCE OF MAN 



grouse dogs. Even a small spaniel, which is otherwise kept at heel, can very quickly earn his 

 keep by finding a "down bird" or two. Nothing is so disheartening or so contrary to the 

 conservation principle of wise use as to bring down a wily old partridge, only to have to 

 leave him, because he cannot be found, to the skunks, crows and mice, instead of giving him 

 his proper j)lace at the head of a festive board. 



And then, there is so much to a good grouse dog beyond his utility. One staunch point 

 under a low hemlock, pine or thorn apple, with the sun streaming down through the painted 

 foliage on a crisp October day, makes a picture and provides a thrill which, to use the 

 vernacular, takes the enchanted hunter "right out of this world." And if, perchance, one does 

 his part witli his double gun, and his or her canine highness comes trotting proudly back to 

 deliver the prize — one has something to talk and dream about for the rest of his life. 



