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SHOOTER'S GUIDE. 



THE DOG. 



IN treating this subject, it will be highly necessary to 

 make a few prefatory observations; or, in other words, 

 to speak of dogs generally, as well as of their origin, 

 before we proceed to those kinds which are the imme- 

 diate object of the shooting sportsman. 



The Dog is perhaps the most intelligent of all 

 quadrupeds, one of the most useful servants, and cer- 

 tainly the sincerest friend to man. Independent of 

 his beauty, his vivacity, force, and swiftness, he pos- 

 sesses all those internal qualifications that can conci- 

 liate the affections of his master, and induce the ty- 

 rant to become a protector. A natural share of cou- 

 rage, an angry and ferocious disposition, render this- 

 animal, in its savage state, a formidable enemy to the 

 different tenants of the forest : these qualities, how- 

 ever, give way to others of a very different com- 

 plexion in the domestic dog, whose only ambition 

 seems to be a desire to please : he is seen to come 

 crouching along,, to lay hia force, his courage, and all 

 his useful talents at the foet of his master ; he waits 



