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terrier, as he is easily trained, and in the house is 

 most affectionate and thoroughly cleanly. To see 

 him play with children, or guard them, is a pleasure. 

 I have had some scores of Irish terriers, and I never 

 yet saw one turn on or snap at a child. I had six 

 out with me one day, and called at a friend's house 

 where a children's party was being held. The dogs 

 ran on the tennis lawn, and the little ones caught 

 them and rolled them over. One dog, recently 

 bought, had always been kennelled until he came 

 to me, so I was afraid he might resent being pulled 

 about, as he was of rather a quick temper, but to 

 my surprise he enjoyed the romp, which was 

 more than some of the mothers of the children 

 did." 



Mr. Barnett does not allude at length to the natural 

 tendency some of the Irish terriers have to retrieve 

 and fetch and carry. Barney, my dog in the house 

 at Brixton, is never happier than when bringing the 

 daily paper into the sitting-room from downstairs, 

 where the boy has left it. A curious habit, too, he 

 has. He may be waiting at the gate, and, seeing 

 me in the distance, he will pick up any little piece 

 of newspaper he finds in the roadway, and fetch it, 

 though a mere scrap, but brought so tenderly 

 between the lips as to leave not the slightest mark 

 or dampness. 



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