CHAPTER II 



BREEDS OF DOGS 



Writing for boys, it is no sort of use going 

 through the long catalogue of breeds. What you 

 want is a good friend and cheery companion. 

 Some dogs are naturally fools, others are delicate, 

 and only to be recommended if you care for sick- 

 nursing ; some, like the lurcher, are irreclaimable 

 blackguards, and if you gave in to their ways would 

 be sure to demoralise you. Then there are the 

 staghounds and the foxhounds, death on deer or 

 fox, extraordinarily sagacious in their special lines, 



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