THE OLD ENGLISH SHEEP DOG. 



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fold unwritten laws one against receiving pay for treatment 

 of dumb animals. 



I have jotted down the foregoing as that which experi- 

 ence has taught a layman in a somewhat lengthy course of 

 "dog-raising;" but, distrusting my expert knowledge, and 

 fearing that I might have made some statement that might 

 bring down on me the wrath of the faculty, I have sub- 

 mitted it to a distinguished physician, who pronounces it 

 "OK." 



