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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 
eentation of one will be easily understood. The whole is 
made of iron. 
A is a screw which keeps the sides of the collar at the 
proper distance from each other, and by which they are ad¬ 
justed to the thickness of the dog's neck ; it rests upon the 
back of his neck, above the collar. It is necessary to un¬ 
screw this, to admit the dog’s head. B B, the sides of the 
collar. D , a triangle which the rope C is fastened to, and 
which, being pulled, draws the sides together, and presses 
severely upon the wind-pipe of the dog, by the external 
pressure. It will be observed, that this triangle is attached 
to the sides of the collar by small rings, passing through a 
hole at the end of each side. The harder the rope is pulled 
the more it presses on the dog’s throat. 
RETRIEVERS. 
Gentlemen who keep large establishments of sporting dogs 
generally keep one or two retrievers for the express purpose 
of finding lost and wounded game, and hence their name 
retrievers . These consist of the Newfoundland dog, the 
greater and lesser water-dogs, and the large water-spaniel. 
The last is decidedly the best adapted for general use, from 
