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Title: The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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IN THE LONG GRASS.Photograph by C. Reid, Wishau CHAPTER XXIV.THE SETTERS. V F. C. HIGNETT. As in successive Toil the Seasons roll.So various Pleasures recreate the SoulThe setting Dog, instructed to betray,Rewards the Fowler with the Featherd Prey.Soon as the labring Horse with swelling Veins,Hath safely housd the Farmers doubtful Gains,To sweet Repast th unwary Partridge flies,At Ease amidst the scatterd Harvest lies,Wandring in Plenty, Danger he forgets,Nor dreads the Slavry of entangling Nets. i. The English Setter.—In some form orother Setters are to be found whereverguns are in frequent use and irrespectiveof the precise class of work they have toperform ; but it is generally conceded thattheir proper sphere is either on the moors,when the red grouse are in quest, or onthe stubbles and amongst the root crops,when September comes in, and the part-ridge season commences. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is sup-posed to have been the first person to trainsetting dogs in the manne

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