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. retrieving ese when she felt like it. However, ¥ we ‘remained 
©) the best ‘of friends. Any good setter, pointer or spaniel, 
and some kinds of curs, may be trained to retrieve. She 
great point is to teach them not to ‘* mouth” a bird ; it may ber | 
-accomplished by sticking pins in the ball with which their ries 
_ early lessons are taught. Such dogs are particularly useful i in 
bringing birds out of the water, and in searching for them 
a when lost. One point in training should never be neglected oh 
fh teach a dog what ‘‘to heel” means, and make him obey this — 
command. A riotous brute is simply mnendpraile under any 
ne circumstances. 








