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kinds of game, they are not so very oblivious of their natural 

 instincts as is commonly reported. 



Such is the method of breaking the spaniel, with the 

 exception of that part which treats of his education as a 

 retriever; but as the mode of effecting this is the same as 

 for a dog specially provided for that purpose, and as this 

 latter subject will next come under consideration, it will be 

 desirable to treat of the two together. 



CHAPTER III. 



RETRIEVERS AND RETRIEVING BOTH ON LAND 

 AND IN THE WATER. 



LAND RETRIEVERS THE DEER-HOUND THE SMALL NEWFOUNDLAND 



CROSSED WITH THE SETTER THE CROSS WITH THE POINTER AND 



TERRIER THE BEAGLE AND TERRIER CROSS WATER RETRIEVERS 



THE PURE ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND THE POINTER AND TERROR 



CROSS THE WATER SPANIEL ENGLISH AND IRISH TEACHING TO 



RETRIEVE ON LAND AND ON WATER. 



Retrieving is the art of recovering animals after they are 

 partially disabled by the gun or rifle. Thua the deer-hound 

 is slipped when the stag is not brought down by the rifle, 

 and follows him up either by scent or view. The land 

 retriever works out the many windings of the wounded 

 pheasant, grouse, or partridge; and the water retriever brings 

 to his master the crippled duck, which would otherwise 

 escape, or sometimes the dead bird which lies beyond the 

 reach of man when he has not the aid of a boat, or of the 

 assistant which I am now describing. 



The Deer-hound is a large and very elegant specimen of the 

 1 dog, his proportions being quite as good as those of the grey- 

 hound, and resembling exactly in shape the rough variety of 

 that beautiful dog. The appearance and shape of the deer- 

 hound are better described by pictorial representation 

 such as that which faces this page than by pen-and-ink 

 sketches. It may, however, be mentioned, that the purity of 



