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first class, well bred, and well broken field-dog 

 for a five-pound-note; often and often have I 

 received the same kind of letter 



"Do, there's a good fellow, find me out a tip- 

 top pointer or setter ; I don't mind going as far 

 as five pounds for one/' I should imagine not. 

 I will show you the impossibility of it. 



Take a pup till he is six months old s. d. 



at one shilling per week for keep .160 



Tax 050 



Breaking 2 10 



Keep, six months, at two shillings 



per week . . . . .2120 

 Physic and sundries . . . 10 



7 3_'0 



This is the price of a pup only one year old. 

 I have said nothing of the price of the pup if 

 you buy it I suppose it is given to you ; nor 

 have I mentioned the fee, if you are a breeder, 

 of having your bitch warded by a good dog. 

 The breaking, especially, I have put at a very 

 low figure. 



A very moderate dog cannot possibly be got 



