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esteem among our ancestors. Its employ was to recover any 

 game that had escaped from the hunter, or had been killed and 

 stolen out of the forest. But it was still more employed in 

 hunting thieves and robbers by their footsteps. 



" The land spaniel, which probably had its name from Spain, 

 where it might have acquired the softness of its hair, is well 

 known at present." 



