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That style of breaking may suit England well 

 enough — no doubt it does ; but in the prairie States 

 it does not answer the purpose. The red dog was 

 not so obstinately staunch. After standing his 

 birds a good while he would flush them himself, 

 and then come in sight of us. One day I was 

 prevented from shooting, and the gentleman came 

 back at night without the black dog. He had 

 lost him at dusk in a piece of prairie where the 

 grass was tall. I saw the gentleman that night, 

 and told him my opinion was that his pointer 

 Was in that piece of prairie, standing birds. At 

 break of day the sportsman went out to the 

 place, and there he found the dog, not standing 

 up on his point — he was too tired for that — but 

 sitting on his haunches. The grouse still lay to 

 him, and the gentleman flushed it and shot it. 

 This was his report to me. 1 saw him come in 

 the previous night without the black dog, I saw 

 him bring him home in the next forenoon, and 1 

 have no reason to doubt his veracity. 



My famous Fanny died at work, as I may say. 

 I was out with her one afternoon when there 

 was good shooting, and finding that she did 

 not want to continue at work, I put her into my 

 wagon, and drove home. She did not appear to 



