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range, when the gunners up and at 'em, where 

 upon the toller swims out, retrieves the slain, and 

 again begins his tactics when another flock settles 

 out in front. By this means a good bag is secured 

 under adverse circumstances familiar to us all, 

 those aggravating days when the ducks will not 

 trade but persist in rafting out in the bay consid 

 erably out of range. 



Such is the toller, seemingly a breed produced 

 by crossing the English retriever on the well- 

 known Labrador dog or Labrador retriever, a 

 close relative of the Newfoundland. Mr. H. A. P. 

 Smith of Nova Scotia is at present the principal 

 breeder of these dogs. 



A final field dog is the much neglected spaniel. 

 In England he takes the place of the setter here, 

 for the average poor man's dog. Easy to keep, 

 affectionate, a good bird-finder, the spaniel is just 

 the dog for the close English coverts, where you 

 want the ground thoroughly worked up. I should 

 say that he fills a good niche here, for the subur 

 banite sportsman's dog. Suppose you want a 

 house and watch dog that you can train to retrieve 

 and that will naturally point grouse, woodcock and 

 jack snipe when you get a day off and set out in 

 the car to get a little shooting. A good, quiet, 

 brainy cocker, working near you yet marking for 



