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Title: The young sportsman's manual : or, recreations in shooting ; with some account of the game found in the British Islands, and practical directions for the management of dog and gun
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Carleton, John William, d. 1856
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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TERRIERS.
ALTHOUGH his sporting claims are by no means of a proeminent character, the terrier is entitled to a slight notice, at all evens, seeing that he is an occasional agent of the shooter, and does him good service, indirectly, on occasion. He may be very usefully employed by those who follow rabbit shooting in cover, for his perseverance is indomitable ; and, when of the rough or wiry-haired species, thorns and bram-bles have no account with him. The family of the terrier is the most domestic of all the canine race, and one that has lately made, and is still making, great progress in the higher branches of science known to its genus. The species called bull-terrier is capable of training to almost any purpose for which the dog is required. We have already shewn thatone of that breed was of extraordinary excellence as a
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retriever; while many of the common smooth sort, that accompany the itinerant showman of our fairs, exhibit rare intelligence. As a companion to the wonderful feats related of the poodle, we offer the following instance of sagacity, or second sight, or whatever itwas, in a terrier; which, should thereader say he would not have believedhad he seen, we can only say we did see, and did not know whether to credit what we saw or not. A Frenchman, who resided in the town of Oswestry, had a little black and tan terrier, that he had taught to dance (of course); to smoke a pipe; to make a low bow on the mention of Napoleon ; and to cut a caper of admiration at the words, "Jeune France". This animal would fetch and carry anything, anywhere. Only point to a wig that passed you in the street, and it was in your hand the next moment; and for picking pockets, handkerchiefs seemed to jump spontaneously into his mouth. . . . . It so happened that on a market-day we were walkingwith the Frenchman and his dog, on the road leading to Llangolen. [...]

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