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Canvas -Back and Terrapin. 



JOE. 



ing examples of animal intelligence that one may see. They were 

 not, in appearance, dogs that would attract any special attention. 

 They belonged to the breed known as Chesapeake duck-dogs, and 

 they certainly showed that retrieving ducks was their vocation. 

 They went out straight through some thirty birds, in and around the 

 decoys, toward the two bald-pates, which, only slightly disabled,' 

 were swimming rapidly away. Each dog selected his bird and went 

 for it steadily. As the dog drew near, down went the duck. The 

 dog stopped, and, as it were, stood up in the water, turning slowly 

 around in a circle looking for the duck to re-appear. The moment it 

 came up he went for it again. This time he got nearer. The same 

 thing was repeated, the dog each time waiting patiently for the 

 duck's re-appearance, and each time getting nearer and nearer to it. 

 Finally, with a sudden dash and a partial dive, each dog seized his 

 duck, and turning, swam to shore with it. They would not trouble 

 themselves with the ducks that Joe could secure, but selected those 

 that required their particular attention, swimming after each not less 

 than a quarter of a mile. When a shot is fired and a duck falls, a 



