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little puppyish tricks, they soon learn to know that mas- 

 ter as their friend ; they try to please him, to learn, per- 

 haps not because they care for the knowledge them- 

 selves, but their little heads soon are wise enough to 

 see that when they do as their master wishes, they 

 please him, his pleasttre is shown them, in divers ways, 

 by fond petting, little delicacies to eat, and kind and 

 affectionate words. These attentions soon wean him 

 irG» his playmates, — ^he longs to' please his master ; 

 ^erha/ps he may feel sometimes his master is a littlte 

 too paa?tieillar with him, or he is too severe, when he in- 

 fflSts oa his learning his lessons when other dogs arfe 

 loafing in the streets ; possibly, when his chum, the 

 neighbor's- dog; has treeiS a eat and barks loudly for him 

 to come and help keep her there, yet, he has learned to 

 love his master ; kind words and loviaig caresses have 

 won his heart. He looksi on the man as his companion, 

 ' his protector, his friend, and in his heart,, although he 

 is but a dog, the seeds of kindness; have been sown, 

 have sprouted, ripened and developed into everlasting 

 Ibve and gratitude. In the seleetion of a dog for ■vrald 

 fotvl shooting the purchaser should take into consixiera- 

 tion the places and seasons of the year the dog is to be 

 used. This sport is fuU of hardships; for the dog, and 

 it is bat seldom tha^t he can be used, exeept when the 

 water is of icy coldness, or the wind equally cold and 

 penetraiting, when it comes- im contact with, his shiver- 

 ing frame. A dog for this kind of sport should be- one 

 peculiarly fitted for it. His coat should be thiek, 

 oily, and liver or sedge' color ; as so much of his life is 

 to be passed! in the marsh, floundering in the mud, 

 struggling throagldi the tangled rice,, or rn the swollen 

 .stream, swiminiaig- agamst the rushing eurrent,, he 



