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habit and an array of instincts which fit them especially for 

 this peculiar sport. If space allowed we could note at least a 

 dozen divisions of the g-roup of hounds or chasing doo-.s, each 

 of which has developed a peculiar assemblage of qualities, 

 more or less precisely adapted to some particular game. 



Perhaps the most special adaption which man has brouo-ht 

 about in his domesticated animals is found in our pointers 



Fox-Hound add Pupo 



and setters. In these orroups the does have been taueht, in 

 somewhat diverse ways, to indicate the presence of birds to 

 the gunner. Although the modes of action of these two 

 breeds are closely related, the}' are sufhcientl)' distinct to 

 meet certain differences of circumstances. The peculiarities 

 of their actions, it should be noted, are altogether related to 

 the qualities of our fowling-pieces. These have been in use, 

 at least in the form where shot took the place of the single 

 ball, for less than two centuries, and the peculiar training of 



