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Setters, when they are old, are subject to a 

 disorder in the head, which causes an offensive 

 running at the ears. This is brought on by age, 

 and increased with it ; and though various remedies 

 have been tried, none, it is said, have hitherto 

 proved effectual . 



THE POINTER*. 



THE Pointer is of foreign extraction, but has 

 long been naturalized in this country. The large 

 Pointer, or, as it is commonly termed, the Spanish 

 Pointer, is a docile animal, with a large and broad 

 head, stout limbs, and weighty body. His faculty of 

 smelling is considered to be much more delicate 

 than that of the English Pointer ; but he is not able 

 to bear the fatigues of the field so well: and the pace 

 at which he goes is ill calculated for any parts of the 

 country, except those in which .game is abundant. 



The appearance of the Pointer, whilst engaged in 

 marking his game, is very beautiful. His head is held 

 with the muzzle a little downward, and his eyes 

 seem rivetted to the spot where the birds are lurk- 



* Canis fcuniliarts avicularis. Linnaeus. 

 See the Synopsis, p. 17, No. 9, VAU. 5< 



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