148 A NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION. 



or of aiding man in capturing, is peculiar 

 to each breed, except that the Pointer 

 and Setter hunt alike. 

 That although the methods of the Pointer 

 and Setter are the same, they differ in 

 physique. 



Now, according to Darwin's idea, the 

 hunter who domesticated the Pointer taught 

 him also his special method of seeking game, 

 and also to get himself into a semi-cataleptic 

 state when close to it. 



The Retriever was taught to seek and 



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fetch game, the Greyhound to look for, 

 pursue, and capture hares, and the Otter- 

 hound to hunt otters only. Each hunter 

 must have either had sufficient insight to 

 discern the method of hunting for which his 

 dog was best adapted, or the physique of 

 the dog became adapted to his method of 

 hunting. 



But the Pointer and the Setter differ in 

 physique, although their methods in hunting 

 are the same. 



If uncivilised man was able to accomplish 

 such feats, why is it found impracticable to 

 teach any sporting dog of pure breed to adopt 

 a different method of hunting, or a non- 

 sporting dog to hunt in a particular fashion ? 



There is no record of the domestication of 



