. Mv'ftiiVmA*vw '*^ 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 been often suggested, the pointing or setting habit probably rests upon an original custom of paus- ing for a moment before leaping upon their prey, 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 prey among our more primitive forms of dogs nor the wild allied species as a marked feature. All the

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