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cannot be said in their favour. Occasionally they are well 

 broken-in, though seldom sufficiently so to come up to our 

 English ideas of perfection. In most instances they are 

 taught to bring the game to their master, and, as a conse- 

 quence, usually " run in" at the shot. Nearly one and all, 

 moreover, when they sight a hare, charge the poor animal 

 as savagely as a terrier does a rat. The character given by 

 M. Greiff of a favourite dog of his own is, in short, pretty 

 applicable to the Northern Pointer of the present day. 

 " As something remarkable," he says, " I may mention 

 that I was once possessed of a bitch named Caresse, that 

 was never 'trained' in any way; that stood quite steadily 

 to birds that would trycka, or lie close ; challenged to 

 them when ' treed ;' and gave chase to hares, foxes, &c." 



THE KLAFVK. 



As the usual plan in Scandinavia of training a Pointer 

 differs somewhat from our own, it may be proper to devote 

 a page to the subject. Three different sorts of collar, to 

 which a long line is attached, are used for the purpose. 



