. The complete manual for young sportsmen: with directions for handling the gun, the rifle, and the rod; the art of shooting on the wing; the breaking, management, and hunting of the dog; the varieties and habits of game; river, lake, and seafishing, etc. ... Hunting; Shooting; Fishing; Dogs. THE NEWFOUNDLAND RETRIEVER. 221 pointed bead, small, smooth ears, medium height, compact shape, muscular, short limbs, wavy, long, glossy coat of black or red, not curled, and the wonderful activity, strength, and even speed for which the race is famous. When they are of the pure breed, they require littl
. The complete manual for young sportsmen: with directions for handling the gun, the rifle, and the rod; the art of shooting on the wing; the breaking, management, and hunting of the dog; the varieties and habits of game; river, lake, and seafishing, etc. ... Hunting; Shooting; Fishing; Dogs. THE NEWFOUNDLAND RETRIEVER. 221 pointed bead, small, smooth ears, medium height, compact shape, muscular, short limbs, wavy, long, glossy coat of black or red, not curled, and the wonderful activity, strength, and even speed for which the race is famous. When they are of the pure breed, they require little breaking and no severity. The water, in the most bitter storm or the severest cold, seems to be native to them. They literally delight and revel in deep snow, wallowing in it as if for pleasure. As to education, they require only to be shown a few times what they are desired to do, before they will acquire, and once acquired, never forget it more; and as friends and companions, they are better even than as servants to man; their gratitude, love, inde- fatigable desire to please, cannot be surpassed by that of any living being, brute or human; and their fidelity, attachment, truth and devotion, alone of any I have ever seen or proved, defies time and change, is unaltered by unkindness, and survives even the it„„,iiik, ^-'SSWS**.^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York, W. A. Townsend & Adams
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