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ber of pointers and setters, the majority of which 

 I have broken, and not giving myself undeserved 

 praise, I have had among the number dogs whicli 1 

 have seldom seen equaled, never surpassed, and why ? 

 Simply because I through kindness got my pupils to 

 love me, to repose confidence in me, and never caused 

 them to suppose that their love was misplaced and 

 their confidence trespassed upon. Xo, no, neither is 

 the strap the necessary adjunct of the schoolmaster, 

 nor the dog-whip that of the instructor of the de- 

 voted, unselfish, enduring, and persevering compan- 

 ion of man. The dog, like the child, is possessed of 

 affection, which can easily be won if the proper means 

 are used, and affection alone will induce both child 

 and dog to do all in their power to serve the object 

 of their adoration. 



Probably the most important point to be attended 

 to is that the material you go to work on be well bred 

 and well made. In a puppy two or three months old 

 the latter is no easy thing to tell, for it is really ex- 

 traordinary how they change ; but if, on the other 

 hand, he should be nine or ten months, and possessed 

 of the following points, you may go to work with 

 the prospect of your labor not being thrown away : 

 Medium size, short back, strong couplings, and well 



