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and then they have it between them in a hazardous 

 position. Left to themselves in their attack upon it, 

 they display pretty team work, so far as intelligent 

 management and effort are concerned. 



This also is frequently the manner employed to 

 capture a rabbit or other animal which is lying con- 

 cealed from view, and whose whereabouts is known 

 only by the sense of smell. 



In drawing on the little birds by sight, the puppy 

 employs much the same strategic efforts that, in his 

 more mature years and more serious efforts, he em- 

 ploys in drawing on game birds by the use of his 

 nose. The efforts by sight are applied in the first 

 crude attempts ; the efforts by nose are applied in the 

 skilful manner which comes from experience and 

 knowledge, though both come from the instinctive 

 impulse to seek game animals for food. 



In the pursuit of fur the setter and pointer draw 

 on it in much the same manner that they do on birds, 

 but with less caution. For instance, if a rabbit is 

 jumped they pursue it hotly, giving tongue eagerly 

 the while. On birds they are silent, as they need 

 must be if they are to achieve success. There are 

 exceptions to this, rare, however; some setters and 



