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live near to where I may have a sporting 

 cottage, cannot in reason expect me to im- 

 part this valuable method to him. 



old. 



Howtoicnow I have omitted informinsr you of what 



the age or a o J 



^e^fix^'yeirs^ wiU bc vcry useful, and is not so generally 

 known as it ought to be, for I have known 

 several gamekeepers and huntsmen not the 

 least acquainted wdth it : it' is to know the 

 age of a dog until he be sLv years old ; after 

 which period you cannot ascertain his age, 

 A dog has a ver}^ Adsible mark in his teeth, 

 as well as a horse, which mark does not 

 disappear totally until he be very near, or 

 full, six years old Look to the four front 

 teeth, both in the upper and lower jaw, but 

 particularly to the teeth in the upper jaw; 

 for, in those four front teeth, the mark re- 

 mains longest : at twelve months old, you 

 will observe every one of the four front 

 teeth, both in the upper and under jaw, 

 jagged and uneven, nearly in the form of 

 a flower de luce, but not quite so pointed, at 

 the edges of the jags, as a flower de luce is. 

 As the dog advances in age, these marks 



