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whereby the proportion of the alien blood is speedily 

 diminished. 



But it may happen that the outcross has been to some 

 extremely prepotent breed, when, if the infusion be 

 strong in a given strain, inbreeding will rather strengthen 

 than diminish its effects. Something like this seems 

 to have happened to some of the Irish setter strains most 



Fig. 10. IRISH SETTER. 



extensively bred here. Their faults appear to be aug- 

 mented rather than diminished by inbreeding. 



The remedy will be found in uniting the blood of 

 many separate strains, in order to get in as much as pos- 

 sible that is free from the particular taint in question. 

 A good Irish dog is so exceedingly good, that no pains 

 should be spared to make the breeding of them more sure. 



For those who shoot a great deal, and work the same 

 dog on a great variety of game, there is no dog like a 

 good Irish setter. 



