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his game in the open plain, his great caution in not over¬ 
running it, his great capacities of enduring heat and thirst, 
and his retentive memory of what he has been taught, unqual¬ 
ified by any headstrong or impetuous dash, render him, for the 
pursuit of some species of animals and for some localities, 
unrivalled. Of the latter there are few in this country. The 
sandy Grouse barrens of Long Island, Martha’s Vineyard and 
the New-Jersey Pine-grounds, while there were Grouse on 
them, were well adapted to the display of his peculiar and char¬ 
acteristic excellencies. The Grouse mountains of Pennsylvania 
are so rocky and so much beset with stubs that his bare feet, 
unless protected with buckskin boots, through which the claws 
must be suffe;ed to protrude, will not enable him to bear the 
wear and tear of daily work. Some of the western praries, 
which are dry and deficient of water, are well suited for him, 
as in Wisconsin and parts of Michigan ; and there, he is prized, 
and deservedly. 
Of this animal there are two breeds, separate and conspicuous, 
of which all the others are varieties, and none of the latter suf¬ 
ficiently peculiar or different either in appearance or qualifica¬ 
tions to merit any especial description or notice. 
These two breeds are the Old Spanish Pointer, which is the 
origin and type of the race, and the improved, or English 
Pointer. Of the former, the Portuguese, and of the latter, the 
French Pointer, are coarser and inferior varieties,—all the 
points attributed to the last-named dog as characteristic, 
namely, large head, pendent ears, and thick tail, being common 
to every coarse, ill-bred English dog. 
“The Spanish Pointer,” says Mr. Youatt, “originally a 
native of Spain, was once considered to be a valuable dog. Re 
stood higher on his legs, but was too large and heavy in his 
limbs, and had widely spread ugly feet, exposing him to fre¬ 
quent lameness. His muzzle and head were large, correspond¬ 
ing with the acuteness of his smell. His ears were large and 
pendent, and his body ill-formed. He was naturally an ill-tem • 
pered dog, growling at the hand that would caress him, even 
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