. Pointer Retrieving a Fallen Bird Upon the habits of the hunting-dog is the result of some- where near thirty generations of culture. Although, as has Ijeen often suggested, the pointing or setting habit probably rests upon an original custom of paus- ing for a moment before leaping upon their pre)', which was possibly characteristic of the wild dog, it seems to me un- likely that this is the case, for we do not find this habit of creeping on the pre)^ among our more primitive forms of dogs nor the wild allied species as a marked feature. All the

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