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the moors, a dog with rather a wiry coat, and well clothed with 

 hair on the legs and feet, should be preferred ; but these Avill 

 show rather more hair on the stern than is thought to be charac- 

 teristic of high breeding ; yet let the stern be ever so hairy, there 

 ought to be the same small hone and pointed tip as in the en- 

 graving. 



THE PORTUGUESE POINTER 



Resembles the Spanish in general form, but is furnished with a 

 bushy stern, and looks like a cross Avith the old-fashioned spaniel. 



THE ERENCH POINTER. 

 Tins is rather a nondescript animal, as he varies greatly through- 

 out France, being in some districts very similar to the Spanish dog, 

 while in others he has evidently been crossed with the poodle, and 

 resembles that dog very closely. Indeed, the poodle itself is often 

 broken and used as a pointer, but he is incapable of long-continued 

 work ; and such is also the characteristic of the French dog, though 

 perhaps superior in this respect to the Spanish breed. Many 

 English pointers are now used in France, and indeed the great 

 majority of good sportsmen in that country have them more or less 

 pure. 



THE DALMATIAN AND DANISH DOGS. 

 The Dalmatian dog is a handsome well-formed dog, standing 



