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feet, which is a great point in a dog : for 

 certain, they have more hair on their feet, 

 which is a great preservative to the foot, if 

 it be kept clean. I never kept a cocking 

 spaniel in my life : I always shoot to poin- 

 ters, even in the strongest covers, with bells 

 round their necks. I know, for certain, you 

 will not find so much game ; but then what 

 you find, you are sure to shoot at. Here is 

 the great benefit of shooting to pointers : 

 you may shoot every day, in a wood, and 

 not drive the rame away. But if you turn 



Questing Spa- o J J 



cocking spaniels into a wood, \^hich quest, 

 when they come on the foot of a pheasant, 

 in a very few days you will drive every 

 The utility of pheasaiit out of the wood. A Newfound- 



a Newfound- 

 land Dog. lajid dog^ tutored to keep behind you in the 



fields, and not to go above a dozen or 

 twenty yards from you in a wood, is of 

 wonderful utility, in retrieving and bring- 

 ing wounded game. I have had several 

 that were uncommonly useful. 



iiiefs drive all 

 the Game 

 away. 



