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advancing wlien the scent announces their proximity to the object 

 of their search. It is then that they are said to be pointing 

 or setting. Setters generally lie down and wait for the sports- 

 man ; Pointers, on the other hand, stand. Well-broken Dogs 

 will remain in their position for many minutes. 



Among the Running Dogs, it is necessary to mention the Grey- 

 hound, the Hounds of Saintonge and of Poitou, English Fox- 

 hounds, Harriers and Beagles, Turnspits, BuU-dogs, Mastiffs, &c. 



Fig. 163.— Large French Water Spaniel. 



The principal breeds of the second class of Sporting Dogs are- 

 Pointers, Setters, Land Spaniels, and "Water Spaniels, which have 

 o-iven rise, through crossing, to a great number of varieties. 



The training of Sporting Dogs requires an amount of attention 

 and preparation that the limits of this work will not allow us to 

 notice. It may be remarked that it is necessary to commence 

 when they are 'about four or five months old : this is called 

 house-breaking. Their training should be discontinued at the 

 period of distemper, which is generally towards the seventh or 



