PURTHER NOTE ON CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG. 615 



formance again, apparently getting the second duck 

 under his jaw as before, and pushing it forward as he 

 swam. 



"When he had brought both ducks as far as the de- 

 coys, the second again washed out from under his jaw. 

 Here he hesitated and looked toward the shore, and 

 finding it not far off, he abandoned the second duck, 

 took the one he had in his mouth to the bank, dropped 

 it there, went back to the drifting duck, got it and 

 brought it to the pile in the boat. He then jumped 

 out of the boat, got the duck he had left in the edge of 

 the marsh, took it to the pile in the boat, and before 

 curling himself down gave me a most intelligent glance, 

 which said as plainly as language could, 'Master, don't 

 you think that was well thought out ?' 



"I fully agreed with him." 



The whole matter of the intelligence shown by these 

 dogs in their work in the water and the marsh is very 

 interesting. 



The gunner who for the first time witnesses the work 

 of the Chesapeake Bay dog is likely to be astonished by 

 sometimes seeing the animal plunge into the water, 

 and, swimming to the place where a wounded bird has 

 fallen, take up the scent and follow on the water the 

 trail of the "sneaking" duck, which has passed along 

 over the water swimming toward the marsh. 



We usually assume that water washes away scent, 

 and believe that deer and other animals take to the 

 water to throw the dogs off their trail. This is un- 

 doubtedly true, and yet, as I say, it is a common thing 



