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his game in tlio open plain, his great caution in nof over- 

 running it, his great capacities of enduring heat and thirst, 

 and his retentive memory of what he has been taught, uiirpial- 

 ifiod by any headstrong or impetuous dash, render hiui, for the 

 pursuit of some species of animals and for son*B localities, 

 unrivillod. Of the latter there are few in this country. The 

 sandy Grouse barrens of Long Island, Martha's Vineyard and 

 the New-Jersey Pine-grounds, while there were Grouse on 

 them, were well adapted to the display of his peculiar and char- 

 acteristic excellencies. The Grouse mountains of Pennsylvania 

 ai'e so rocky and so much beset with stubs that his bate feet, 

 unless pi'otected with buckskin boots, through which the claws 

 must be suffered to protrude, will not enable him to b^ar the 

 wear and tear of daily work. Some of the western praries, 

 which are drij and deficient of water, are well suited for him, 

 as in Wisconsin and parts of Michigan ; and there, he is prized, 

 and desei'vedly. 



Of this animal there are two breeds, separate and conspicuous, 

 of which all the others are varieties, and none of the latter suf- 

 ficiently peculiar or different either in appearance or qualifica- 

 tions to merit any especial description or notice. 



These two breeds are the Old Spanish Pointer, which is the 

 origin and type of the race, and the improved, or English 

 Pointer. Of the former, the Portuguese, and of the latter, the 

 French Pointer, are coarser and inferior varieties, — all the 

 points attributed to the last-named dog as characteristic, 

 namely, large head, pendent ears, and thick tail, being common 

 to every coarse, ill-bred English dog. 



" The Spanish Pointer," says Mr. Youatt, " originally a 

 native of Spain, was once considered to be a valuable dog. lie 

 stood higher on his legs, but was too large and heavy in his 

 limbs, and had widely spread ugly feet, exposing him to fre- 

 quent lameness. His muzzle and head were large, correspond- 

 ing with the acuteness of his smell. His ears were large and 

 pendent, and his body ill-formed. He was naturally an ill-tem • 

 pared dog, growling at the hand that would caress him, even 



