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and fond of sport, that rats and other small 

 destroyers of our peace incline to migrate 

 when he sets up his kingdom, and that his 

 coat is kept in order without much trouble, 

 and all must agree that few can surpass him 

 in desirability for the household. 



No such sinecure is the care of the York- 

 shire ; and as to his qualifications for resi- 

 dence in a human family, opinions differ wide- 

 ly. For he is one of the dogs women are 

 reproached with keeping who require more 

 care than an average child. He must not only 

 be washed and dressed and fed as carefully as 

 a child, but in addition he must be thoroughly 

 brushed and groomed, from the tips of his 

 sharply trimmed ears to the end of his docked 

 tail. He certainly, if any one of his race does, 

 needs a special attendant, who can give an 

 hour or two daily to keeping his coat in order, 

 and as much more time to exercising him. 

 One cannot help pitying the poor little fellow, 

 for his coat must be the trial of his life, like 

 long curls to the child who begins to be a 

 " boy " before his mother is ready to give up 

 her baby. He truly " must suffer to be beau- 

 tiful." If his hair tangles, which it has a fatal 



