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MODERN TRAINING. 



dog is greatly fatigued. He may learn that it is a comfort- 

 able position, and for that reason alone may adopt it on his 

 points. Under such circumstances, dogs often drop to their 

 points without any teaching; furthermore, what with dropping 

 to his points when excessively fatigued, dropping to the an- 

 ticipated rise of the bird, and dropping to unintentional 

 flushes, there is always a probability that the dog may event- 

 ually drop to his points habitually; and when he once does 

 so, it is permanent. 



