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ymtn l%«- ims rome,. i^^to ^.miC 
ta nm 3§l^sf»4. world, thoixgfi the W«e4 hs« ' 
?ps?.4 ths Borders- for the lest 
^ ^ Thl^ popularity must be attrl-; 
■■ of i'i^trleyer trials duH^. the;_^ 
»■ ?ho success of fSse hreisd^ 
^ •;■««• ;^tlsifii4. has to be dobe.'es' • 
i-. of the old'sdiooi Isineiatt' 
-Am4: Q%ii. fMhlomd -curly-coated retckvcr 
-u ■■y^ -;:jt^ •a.^4 ^4 rtii t.TUch s-sssrac^ aad reasoa;'but ia the ..early Mfies ... 
. .irivsit" grouse and partridges) as now carried out waS -' 
^r?tf of, tvirge bi*gs Iraste to -on did^not 
of affairs at ail, aos%ce no for'the- 
io-riS- .j.-r?t': ii'iiick s4-:t:r>.fc’v?'r wow demanded by th« shootiiag man. 'WheiSier.-;. 
lAis k-v KO reoj-eitea or.n-n: H 3 n>att6r of opinion, but most shooters who' 
hat stiffs dent tifsie £v> do Jnstloeto a slow- 
ing -Vjt, Is very rarely allowed hy Oirie’s host ' or.,, the - 
hf-.f 5 .d 'iciu-nekeeper, to -iortoitous circumstaiices, and -.therefore a- 
o.. ic:!,vwon;iag dog.i-s^i^entiai,'- ' . 
Th.',. ,LAbr;idf>r cOms: co thl.s coloi^^-iigiimliy la 183f5, when the Earl oi 
•'.-ulmesfey of that Brst dogs appear. to have come.; 
irom :-letcfodri^ii4nd as- ‘^X^ps’ dego*» on the boats which bronght- 
. cod; to ?^>ole har^nijAwbich ac^sgs for the Earl of. Malmesbury 
thi? first ta-acqiare ^ 
• [iiJnn, In -his' '*Em'.yd.op«dia of. Rare! SpO-^s.** - published in l'S52, 
;• also dog men v.’El 
w;-. :’ki«a dog at plddng‘*toxt, & 
rtA&i. ^ 
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fr«?r> Ar-'-'-ed-s--— - tf-r N-^jj^aof?d8ifea4itrety^ and the S.t Johtt*a ! 
A.-K-, ff % f^iOH-smso-on every account, 
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in -the extreme.;,;.: 
vlasp this latter ; is: -, 
<n» the Bresont day, 'How ,> 
^-robabilitlee are that die: 
'r., w-rosXf|-' water dog (since 
of wrecks and 
' <4 .-■■ tkAr strong, black NewfcMisd^ ^ 
'"■ i. --^^4, ■c'voiYed fe time a hard,. 
-It ' 'That this Is probably the 
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