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excellent where the other is weak, thus both combined 

 should have all possible abilities and accomplishments. 



The disadvantages incidental to quartering are as follows: 

 If the quartering dog has hunted on certain grounds during 

 a whole season, he must hunt them day after day in the 

 same formal manner. Undoubtedly he has learned where 

 the haunts of many bevies are, but the strict formality will 

 not allow him to use his knowledge. Under any circum- 

 stances the quartering dog is at a disadvantage in compar- 

 ison with an intelligent ranger, but after the first day's 

 hunting on certain grounds, the former cannot compete with 

 the dog which exercises both his memory and intelligence. 

 In consequence of the irregularity of grounds or the vary- 

 ing haunts of the birds, the quartering dog must work over 

 large areas of grounds which are palpably barren; more- 

 over, from being constantly held down to set forms of 

 ranging he cannot exercise his judgment independently, 

 therefore he cannot develop it. In this respect he never 

 can approach the performances of a ranging dog as de- 

 scribed under the head of Ranging, although he may have 

 equal natural capabilities. Forms are merely a substitute 

 for intelligence, but in this case they are a failure. 



