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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



sentation of one will be easily understood. The whole is 

 made of iron. 



A is a screw which keeps the sides of the collar at the 

 proper distance from each other, and by which they are ad- 

 justed to the thickness of the dog's neck ; it rests upon the 

 back of his neck, above the collar. It is necessary to un- 

 screw this, to admit the dog's head. B B, the sides of the 

 collar. D, a triangle which the rope C is fastened to, and 

 which, being pulled, draws the sides together, and presses 

 severely upon the wind-pipe of the dog, by the external 

 pressure. It will be observed, that this triangle is attached 

 to the sides of the collar by small rings, passing through a 

 hole at the end of each side. The harder the rope is pulled 

 the more it presses on the dog's throat. 



RETRIEVERS. 



Gentlemen who keep large establishments of sporting dogs 

 generally keep one or two retrievers for the express purpose 

 of finding lost and wounded game, and hence their name 

 retrievers. These consist of the Newfoundland dog, the 

 greater and lesser water-dogs, and the large water-spaniel 

 The last is decidedly the best adapted for general use, from 



