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fident they might be branched out into many more. 

 However, as a list of these varieties would perhaps 

 afford but little amusement, and certainly be of no 

 service to the sportsman, I shall omit it. Also, it 

 might perhaps be expected that I should relate some 

 of the surprising anecdotes of the fidelity and saga- 

 city of the animal which forms the subject of the 

 present chapter, and which are in fact already de- 

 tailed in a hundred different books, true probably, 

 for the most part, but frequently too highly coloured : 

 however, as I believe the whole of my readers have 

 sufficiently stored their memories with tbese matters, 

 and that consequently a relation of them here would 

 be uselessly swelling the volume, I will therefore 

 close the present chapter* 



THE POINTER 



Is of foreign extraction, and frequently called the 

 Spanish Pointer. The great utility and excellence 

 of this dog, in shooting partridges, moor-game, &c. 

 are well known. The pointer is now naturalized 111 

 this country, which indeed has long boasted dogs of 

 this description superior to any other nation. For 

 some years back, numbers of sportsmen have paid 

 great attention to preserving and improving this 

 breed, and have been well recompensed for their 

 trouble. This dog is gentle, docile, and timid ; and 

 remarkable for the aptness and facility with which it 

 receives instruction. 



