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terrier, and in that case it would only be necessary to have recourse 

 to the best specimens, as regards nose, in each breed, because 

 there is a peculiarity attending on each mode of using the nose, 

 which renders it more adapted to the work to be done than any 

 other. Hence the pointer, when crossed with the foxhoimd, is 

 apt to hunt too low, besides other faults which interfere with the 



'Hysterics," fourth Cross from the Bulldog. 



usefulness of the cross, and the same may be said of the cross 

 with the setter and spaniel. So that it may be laid down as a 

 rule, that in the article nose, it is not safe to look beyond the 

 particular breed for improvement in this important quality. 



Sagacity may be looked for in several breeds, but it is most 

 highly developed perhaps in the poodle, the Newfoundland, aud 



