A POEM, 



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Choose those whose names no exclamation ends, 

 As Ponto, Carlo, for the " 0" oft tends 

 To puzzle much the owner of the same, 

 When you " Toko" may call : unwonted blame, 

 Unwittingly, such frequently will share 

 For heedlessness, when but this trifling care 

 In puppy hood would many a lashing spare. 



My province now 's t' enlarge on ev'ry sort 

 Whose aid advantages this splendid sport. 

 I'll mention first the Setter, he has been 

 For centuries in this sporting country seen ; 

 His origin is still not fully known, 

 But this opinion has 'mongst Sportsmen grown 

 The brave and noble Talbot's blood was cross'd, 

 (I'm much afraid his perfect breed is lost, 

 If on accounts I've read, I may rely, 

 His Spanish namesake, to a certainty, 

 Differs from what our's was, and we may trace 

 He's altogether of a different race,) 



