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got up ; but, after having a few knocked down to him, he became steady, and began to show extra- 

 ordinary sagacity. His master frequently backed him to find his birds in a ten-acre field in two 

 minutes, if the birds were in it; for, on entering a field, ho seemed to know iu.slin.-tm -ly !,. 



birds would lie, as he would take a momentary survey, and then generally go u]> to them at cnce. 

 His scent was so keen and good, that, in a brisk wind, he has found his birds a hundred and lilty 

 yards off across tlic furrows, and this after birds were marked down, and it was known they I'niiM nut 

 have run. He was always very tender-mouthed, and would bring his game without the >lij;litest 



