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got into the habit of coming to my room in the morning, 

 to see if I was dressed for shooting, and if I was not, 

 he would go to my companion's chamber and accom- 

 pany him, or track him through the streets, if he had 

 gone on, and I do not remember that he ever failed to 

 find him. ' Julie,' a liver and white Pointer bitch, was 

 another of my Pointers which showed great sagacity 

 and firmness. We have frequently lost her, for a con- 

 siderable time, in a high cover on a celebrated piece of 

 ground called Keysworth, in Dorsetshire, belonging to 

 my friend, Mr. Drax, and at last we have seen the 

 1 sting ' of her fine stern above the rushes, for she 

 always held it higher than her head. She was one of 

 the most intelligent dogs I ever possessed, and would 

 retrieve any game alive. Though only in her second 

 season, she was the animal always sent out with young 

 hands, and if they ran to pick up their game, she would 

 bark at them reproachfully. I never had a Pointer 

 before, that seemed to enter so keenly into the sport, 

 or to appreciate, as she did, the real and proper style of 

 beating for game." 



The points of this well known sportsman (Pointer) 

 are : — Skull rather wide between the ears, with a pro- 

 nounced drop at the " stop," the occipital protuberance 

 being also well defined, the muzzle being long and bent 

 at the nose, which is rather dark liver, or else flesh 

 coloured, eyes dark or light according to colours of 

 markings, ears rather fine, set on low and hanging flat 

 to the sides of the head; neck gracefully arched and 

 quite free from overlaps, shoulders sloping, chest mod- 

 erately wide, and extremely deep, body powerful and 



