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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... become proverbial . Before the introduction of agriculture , it was by means of the hunting powers of this animal that man was enabled to support himself by pursuing the wild denizens of the forest ; for though now , with the aid of ...
... become proverbial . Before the introduction of agriculture , it was by means of the hunting powers of this animal that man was enabled to support himself by pursuing the wild denizens of the forest ; for though now , with the aid of ...
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... become footsore , and incapable of doing it . The HIND QUARTER is entirely overlooked in the rhymes above- mentioned , but it is of the greatest importance nevertheless , being the chief element of progression . First of all , we should ...
... become footsore , and incapable of doing it . The HIND QUARTER is entirely overlooked in the rhymes above- mentioned , but it is of the greatest importance nevertheless , being the chief element of progression . First of all , we should ...
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... become blown and consequently weak . " It may also be remarked , that though Beckford insists upon a middle size , he does not define what he means by the term , but as foxhounds vary from 26 inches to 20 , I should say 23 to 25 inches ...
... become blown and consequently weak . " It may also be remarked , that though Beckford insists upon a middle size , he does not define what he means by the term , but as foxhounds vary from 26 inches to 20 , I should say 23 to 25 inches ...
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... become unusually savage , and that they are constantly fighting in kennel . Indeed , instances are common enough of more than half being destroyed in a single night , in the bloody fight which has been commenced by perhaps a single ...
... become unusually savage , and that they are constantly fighting in kennel . Indeed , instances are common enough of more than half being destroyed in a single night , in the bloody fight which has been commenced by perhaps a single ...
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... become fonder of it than of any other , and those particular faculties which are employed in it have become developed . No dog requires a more keen sense of smell , and in none are tractability , patience , and a kind of reason- ing ...
... become fonder of it than of any other , and those particular faculties which are employed in it have become developed . No dog requires a more keen sense of smell , and in none are tractability , patience , and a kind of reason- ing ...
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