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opinion being that he is more under control and has a softer 

 mouth. Almost all shooters now depend on a retriever for fetch- 

 ing their game, and as sometimes there are more than half-a- 

 dozen out, their qualities are of considerable importance, espe- 

 cially as time is never allowed for retrievers, and if it is not done 



The Curly-Coated Retriever. 



at once, the task is given over to the keepers, for otherwise • a 

 whole line of shooters would be kept idle, which in the present 

 day would be thought a nuisance. Formerly we used to consider 

 the retrieving of a wounded bird or hare quite as important and 

 interesting as the shooting of others, but all this is changed, and 



