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them by driving." Now these men were 

 not natives of the country, yet their dog- 

 matic assertion proved totally unfounded. I 

 soon proved by my own unaided exertions 

 that It was a remarkably easy stalking 

 district. 



''Nice dogs, very," remarks someone 

 when you go down to a new county ; " but 

 you won't find setters any use here, we 

 always use pointers." In the sequel this 

 last sentence proves to contain the whole 

 truth of the matter. Local custom Is In 

 favour of pointers, but as for any reason that 

 setters should not do as well It is absolutely 

 non-existent. 



I have spoken elsewhere ^ of the bigotry of 

 the German sportsman, and he Is indeed a 

 bad case. He has reduced his kennel to a 



^ Gim, Rifle, and Hoimd, chap. xxv. 



