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pleasing, when the dog is not excited ; but, when he is following 

 the robber, his ferocity becomes truly alaTming. 



The Setter is evidently the large spaniel improved to his 

 peculiar size and beauty, and taught another way of marking his 

 game, viz., by setting or crouching. If the form of the dog were 

 Dot sufficiently satisfactory on this point, we might have recourse 



Hie Setter. 



to history for information. The setter Is used for the same pur- 

 pose as the pointer, and there is great difference of opinion with 

 regard to their relative value as sporting-dogs. Setters are not so 

 numerous; and they are dearer, and with great difficulty obtained 

 pure. It was long the fashion to cross and mix them with the 

 pointer, by which no benefit was obtained, but the beauty of the 

 dog materiallj' impaired ; many Irish sportsmen, however, were ex- 

 ceedingly careful to preserve the breed pure. Nothing of the 

 pointer can be traced in them, and they are useful and beautiful 

 dogs, altogether different in appearance from either the English or 

 Scotch setter. 



TiiE Spanish Pointer, originally a native of Spain, was 

 once considered to be a valuable dog. H*> stood higher on his 



