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setters. Almost all the dogs used in this way are of foreign stock, 

 mostly English. In the cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel, it is true, 

 there exists a breed peculiar to those cantons, bearing some re- 

 semblance to the French spaniel, but it is on the decrease. This 

 is to be regretted, for the animal is of great use. Its coat is white 

 to chestnut, the hair is not very long, the head is light. The dog 

 is most knowing-. 



As for the bassets employed in underground work, they are for 

 the most part of German origin [Dachs/mnd), but they do not in 

 Switzerland employ the large basset as they do in France. 



There is no method of pursuing Swiss game except by shooting. 

 Hunting, so greatly esteemed in larger countries, has here no 



existence. Battues, for reasons already stated, of roe- 



, , , ^ r -1 1 • 1 r Methods of 



deer, hare, and lox are feasible m the canton or _, ,. 



' Shootmg. 



Argovie, and this method is likewise practised in the 



canton of Bale-Campagne, which has adopted the same system of 



preservation as Argovie, and in Bale-Ville, where, however, the 



available territory is very limited. In sundry mountain districts 



the chamois is also driven at times, but the method is viewed 



with little favour by true sportsmen, who regard it as a low form 



of sport. 



It is interesting and convenient to classify the game of the 



country on a oreooraphical basis : the oame of the ^ ^ , 



^ & & i^ * Game of the 



mountain, of the plain, and of the marshes. As re- Mountains, 



gards the first, however, it is necessary to bear in mind P^^-'^s, and 



Swamps, 

 the distinction between the Alps and the Jura, for there 



are species which inhabit the Alps, but are found in no part 



