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Title: The illustrated natural history (microform)
Identifier: cihm_50037 (find matches)
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889
Subjects: Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles
Publisher: London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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SUEPllKnb'ji IXHJ.-C,(,i(s pmUiari, creature iiilicrit.s imuli of ilif sportin- predileetiouy uf its aiicostrv, and is caDaLle of beins' trained intd a capital >iiiiilin,!4' I)ou-. " Many uf tlu's.^ animals arc sad duubl(.-,l..alfr-, in their characters, beiny hy day most ros))ec^table Niceii-duj^rs, and by night most disreputable poacliers. The mixed ofisiiriii..- ot a bhcep-dog and a setter is as silently successful in discovering and marking Iran," by night as he is openly useliil in managing the tlucks by day. As he siiends the whole ot his time m the society of his master, and learns from long companionship to compre- iiend the least gx'sture of hand or tone of yoice, lie is far better adapted for nocturnal poaching than the more legitimate setter or retriever, and causes far nrnre deadly havoc among the turred and feathered ganii'. .Afoivover, lie often escapes the suspicion' of the gamekeeper by his ,,met and honourable demeanour during the davtime, and his devotion to his arduous task ol guarding the fold, and reclaiming its M-anderin-r members It seems hardly jKjssible that an animal which w..rks s,j hard during Die day should be able to pass the night in beating for game. S.imetimes tliore is an infusion of the bull-dog blood into the Sheep-doer but this mixture is thought to be unadvLsable, as such Dogs are too apt to bite their char<re and so to alienate fnuu themselves the confidence of the helj.less creatures whom they are intended to protect, and not to injure. Tnless the sheej. can fe.d that the Dog is next to tile sliepherd, their best friend, the chief value of the animal is lost. It is well observed by Mr. Youatt, in his valuable work on these Do"s, that if the aheep do not crowd round the J)(.g when they are alarm.'d, and ))lace them.selves under his proteelion, there is somellung radieaiiy wrong in the management of the flock He III

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