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fell into a great error, and caused her to refuse 

 her work one time. 



One very cold day I was shooting ducks on 

 Salt Creek, and creeping up got a shot at a flock 

 of mallards sitting on the water. It was a very 

 large flock. One barrel was fired while they were 

 on the water, the other as they rose. Eight were 

 killed and five others winged. Fanny retrieved 

 the dead ones, while the wounded swam to the 

 other side of the creek and hid on the bank. She 

 went to the other side, but the ice had now formed 

 in her coat, and, being very cold, she sat down. I 

 called her over to me and corrected her, after which 

 she crossed and recrossed three times, and brought 

 three more. She then wanted to give it up, and I 

 had half a mind to let her do so ; but there were 

 two more ducks wounded, and if not brought they 

 would die of slow starvation, so I required her to 

 fetch them, which she did. It was a very hard 

 task in such cold weather, and 1 was sorry to 

 punish her ; but it shows what this sort of dog can 

 do when an emergency requires much strength and 

 endurance. She was a very sagacious and affec- 

 tionate bitch, and a great favorite in the house at 

 home. 



It is riot good for a dog to be long in the water 



