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they be wild and unruly, one of their fore legs buckled 

 up between the collar and the neck will bring them 

 to obedience. 



These dogs are sometimes used in coursing, and 

 perhaps this is the best purpose to winch they can 

 be applied, They are subject to diseases, particu- 

 larly loss of smell, swelling of the glands in the neck, 

 of which they frequently die, and a disease called 

 formica. I have known them to be crossed with the 

 pointer, but the mongrels are seldom worth keeping. 



Breeding and Rearing of Dogs. 



THE sportsman will easily perceive that this subject, 

 of all others, is the most important, and consequently 

 requires his most serious attention,. A neglect in 

 the first of these branches accounts no doubt for the 

 worthless mongrels which may be frequently noticed 5 , 

 and the man who does not personally attend to the-- 

 breeding and rearing of his dogs, cannot expect to 

 have them of first-rate excellence ; whereas the 

 sportsman, who looks after these matters himself, is 

 well recompensed for Ins trouble, and, when in the 

 field, is far superior to those who do not. By break- 

 ing your dog, you become acquainted with his tem- 

 per and disposition 5 and by receiving the first rudi- 

 ments of his education, and being trained by his 

 master, of course he understands his voice and signs 

 better than those of a stranger. If, after being broke, 

 the dog passes into other hands, he has in some 



