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DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



and appreciated. It is not, however, a poor man's dog, as it soon 

 tires, and less than two or three couple would be quite useless in 

 any covert of average size. Being mute, the Clumber spaniel is 

 taught never to range more than from 25 to 40 yards from his 

 master, who thus never loses sight of his team for more than a 



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The Clumber Spaniel. 



few minutes at a time, and whatever game is stirred rises within 

 gunshot. Since the general use of human beaters instead of 

 canine in the lattuds which ,are now the fashion, the spaniel has 

 been at a discount except for rabbit-shooting and for beating 

 small spinneys for pheasants before the commencement of the 

 regular season. Still there is work to be done by the keepers 



