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. setter, and a retriever, is to keep two dogs 

 to do the work of one. 



Several things that seem ancient history 

 to us are making their way but slowly into 

 Germany. Such are the hammerless gun, 

 nitro-powders, and shot-and-ball guns. On 

 the other hand, some deer-forest owners here 

 are beginning to see that to systematically 

 shoot as many of your big stags as you can, 

 and the biggest for choice, before the rutting 

 season, is to certainly deteriorate your stock 

 of deer. The German shoots his stags in 

 the rutting season, and consequently many 

 do not die till they have left their mark 

 amonor future venerations. Many Scottish 

 forests are let with the reservation : ''No 

 stalking after October 15," whereas in my 

 opinion, "No stalking before October i," 

 would really profit the owner more, and 



