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The dog

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The dog

Henry William Herbert and others

644 pages~12 hr 49 min read134 chapters$4.99
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For the sportsman, the right dog is half the hunt. Henry William Herbert offers his sporting handbook, ranging across pointers, setters, and the breeding and management of gun dogs with a field man's practical eye. A rich nineteenth-century guide to the working dog. Choose, train, and keep the hunting companion that makes the whole sport.

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134 chapters

  1. 1THE DOG.
  2. 2DINKS, MAYHEW, AND HUTCHINSON.
  3. 3EDITOR'S PREFACE.
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5SPORTSMAN'S VADE MECUM.
  6. 6TO THE READER.
  7. 7CONTENTS OF DINKS' VADE MECUM.
  8. 8THE SPORTSMAN'S VADE MECUM
  9. 9BREEDING OF DOGS IN GENERAL.
  10. 10POINTERS.
  11. 11SETTER.
  12. 12SETTER, RUSSIAN.
  13. 13SPANIEL.
  14. 14SPANIEL AND COCKER.
  15. 15RETRIEVER.
  16. 16BEAGLES.
  17. 17BREEDING.
  18. 18BITCH IN USE.

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