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LEWIS S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



When the front teeth are not only worn smooth, but worn 

 greatly away, the dog is well on to eight or even ten years; and 

 we may then notice, in the majority of dogs, other signs of age 

 which are not to be mistaken, — such as the turning gray of the 

 hair, about the eyes particularly, and which gradually spreads 

 over the whole face. Dogs are seldom good for any sporting-pur- 

 poses after ten years of age ; and but few of them, even at this 

 early period, if they have not had kind treatment and good atten- 

 tion, are worth taking to the field except for a few hours' hunt. 



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