A FISHING POINTER. 



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POINTER AND FISH. 



them one by one and laying them softly, quite unhurt, on 

 the grass. 



I put them back into the water, and waited to see the 

 result. She took a good look, and then plunged her nose 

 right under the surface and half-way up the neck, com- 

 pletely submerging the head, and in that position groped 

 about on the bottom till a fish came in contact with her 

 mouth and was instantly snatched out. Her head must 

 have been under water each time nearly a minute, feeling 

 for the fish. One by one she drew them out and placed 



