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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... soon be brought to confess that he is lost in doubt and uncertainty . For instance , where shall we find a sufficient description of the spaniels and terriers , or of the various retrievers for which such large sums are often given ...
... soon be brought to confess that he is lost in doubt and uncertainty . For instance , where shall we find a sufficient description of the spaniels and terriers , or of the various retrievers for which such large sums are often given ...
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... soon after he first gave them to the pub- lic ; but unfortunately there is now no such collection in England . As far as possible , however , throughout the first Book the de- scriptions and illustrations are drawn from the life , the ...
... soon after he first gave them to the pub- lic ; but unfortunately there is now no such collection in England . As far as possible , however , throughout the first Book the de- scriptions and illustrations are drawn from the life , the ...
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... soon degenerating in tropical countries . In China and the Society Islands dogs are eaten , being considered great delicacies , and by the ancients the flesh of a young fat dog was highly prized , Hippocrates even describing that of an ...
... soon degenerating in tropical countries . In China and the Society Islands dogs are eaten , being considered great delicacies , and by the ancients the flesh of a young fat dog was highly prized , Hippocrates even describing that of an ...
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... greyhound is quite as ready to hunt in packs as any other hound , and is only prevented from doing so by the hand of his master . The same restraint keeps him from using his nose , or he could soon be. 12 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... greyhound is quite as ready to hunt in packs as any other hound , and is only prevented from doing so by the hand of his master . The same restraint keeps him from using his nose , or he could soon be. 12 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
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... soon be nearly as good with that organ as with the eye . So also Cuvier defines his sixth section as " having an inclination to chase and point birds , " whereas they have as great , and often a greater , desire for hares and rabbits ...
... soon be nearly as good with that organ as with the eye . So also Cuvier defines his sixth section as " having an inclination to chase and point birds , " whereas they have as great , and often a greater , desire for hares and rabbits ...
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