The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., and Including the Points Or Characteristics of Toy DogsLongmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1872 - 470 páginas |
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... Hence , among the old writers , dogs were divided into Pugnaces , Sa- gaces , and Celeres ; but this arrangement is now superseded , various other systems having been adopted in modern times , though none perhaps much more satisfactory ...
... Hence , among the old writers , dogs were divided into Pugnaces , Sa- gaces , and Celeres ; but this arrangement is now superseded , various other systems having been adopted in modern times , though none perhaps much more satisfactory ...
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... hence he is classed among the Carnivora ; but when domesticated he will live upon vegetable substances alone , such as oatmeal porridge , or bread made from any of the cereals , but thrives best upon a mixed diet of vegetable and animal ...
... hence he is classed among the Carnivora ; but when domesticated he will live upon vegetable substances alone , such as oatmeal porridge , or bread made from any of the cereals , but thrives best upon a mixed diet of vegetable and animal ...
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... Hence they are complete outcasts , and obtain a scanty living either by hunting wild animals where they abound , or , in those populous districts where game is scarce , by devouring the offal which is left in the streets and outskirts ...
... Hence they are complete outcasts , and obtain a scanty living either by hunting wild animals where they abound , or , in those populous districts where game is scarce , by devouring the offal which is left in the streets and outskirts ...
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... hence the cross is objected to ; and certainly many litters of greyhounds bred in this way within the last few years have been remarkable for this objection- able vice . The points , or desirable external characteristics of this breed ...
... hence the cross is objected to ; and certainly many litters of greyhounds bred in this way within the last few years have been remarkable for this objection- able vice . The points , or desirable external characteristics of this breed ...
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... laws , which made it impera- tive that every person coursing should not only have a certificate , Hence but also a qualification , that is to say. Captain Daintree's " KING COB . " THE HARE - INDIAN DOG . SMOOTH GREYHOUND . 25 25.
... laws , which made it impera- tive that every person coursing should not only have a certificate , Hence but also a qualification , that is to say. Captain Daintree's " KING COB . " THE HARE - INDIAN DOG . SMOOTH GREYHOUND . 25 25.
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