CHAPTER IV. 



DOMESTICATED DOGS, FINDING GAME BY SCENT, 



BUT NOT KILLING IT, BEING CHIEFLY USED 



IN AID OF THE GUN. 



THE MODERN ENGLISH POINTER. — THE PORTUGUESE POINTER. — THE 

 FRENCH POINTER. — THE DALMATIAN AND DANISH DOGS. — THB 

 ENGLISH AND IRISH SETTERS.— THE RUSSIAN SETTER.— THE ORDINARY 

 FIELD SPANIEL, INCLUDING THE SPRINGER (CLUMBER, SUSSEX, AND 

 NORFOLK BREEDS), AND THE COCKER (WELSH AND DEVONSHIRE).— 

 THE WATER SPANIEL (ENGLISH AND IRISH).— THE CHESAPEAKE BAT 

 DOG. 



THE MODERN ENGLISH POINTER. 



This is now one of the most beautiful of all our sporting dogs, 

 dividing with the setter the admiration of all those who enjoy the 

 pleasures attending on the use of the gun. 



The points desirable in the pointer are, a moderately large head, 

 wide rather than long, with a high forehead, and an intelligent eye 

 of medium size. Muzzle broad, with its outline square in front, 

 not receding as in the hound. Flews manifestly present, but not 

 pendent. The head should be well set on the neck, with a peculiar 

 form at the junction only seen in the pointer. The neck itself 

 should be long, convex in its upper outline, without any tendency 

 to a dewlap or to a "ruff," as the loose skin covered with long hair 

 round the neck is called. The body is of good length, with a strong 

 loin, wide hips, and rather arched ribs, the chest being well let 

 down, but not in a hatchet shape as in the greyhound, and the depth 

 of the back ribs being proportionately greater than in that dog. 

 The tail, or " stern" as it is technically called, is strong at the root, 

 but suddenly diminishing it becomes very fine, and then continues 

 nearly of the same size to within two inches of the tip, when it 

 goes off to a point looking as sharp as the sting of a wasp, and giv- 

 ing the whole very much the appearance of that part of the insect, 

 but magnified as a matter of course. This peculiar shape of the 

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