Note 95 — Chapter XVI
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A reverend and very enthusiastic dog-breaker in Cornwall (R. R. W——t), who took to the art late in life, had an admirable dog named Niger, who practised a peculiar self-taught dodge. He had a capital nose, and when he winded birds on the other side of a hedge, he would make a circuit, and coming behind them would drive them over to his master. This was all innate talent. In no way did it result from tuition.