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LEWIS S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



When the front teeth are not only worn smooth, hut worn 

 greatly away, the dog is well on to eight or even ten years ; and 

 we may then notice, in the majority of dogs, other signs of age 

 which are not to be mistaken, such as the turning gray of the 

 hair, ahout the eyes particularly, and which gradually spreads 

 over the whole face. Dogs are seldom good for any sporting-pur- 

 poses after ten years of age ; and but few of them, even at this 

 early period, if they have not had kind treatment and good atten- 

 tion, are worth taking to the field except for a few hours' hunt. 



