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However, the tall lad, probably considering that the whistling was meant as much for him as for the retriever, sprang up the side of the glen in a miraculous fashion, catching here and there by a bunch of heather or the stump of a young larch, and presently he had rejoined the party. "Take time, sir," said he. "Take time. Maybe there is more of them about here.
It is a physiological peculiarity which leads the Greyhound to chase its prey by sight that enables the Beagle to track it by the scent that impels the Terrier to its rat-hunting propensity and that leads the Retriever to its habit of retrieving.
"Yes, yes," said my uncle: "he might act as a retriever for us; at the same time, I dare say, we can do without him, and he will serve as your guard, and a very faithful one he seems to be." I do not know why, but I felt rather anxious about my uncle and Oliver when they set out. I could not help thinking of the serpents and wild beasts they might encounter.
It is too wicked, but it's the Bete du bon Dieu, and, every night, it goes to pray on the tomb of Sainte-Genevieve and nobody dares to touch her, for fear that Mother Angenoux should cast an evil spell on them." "How big is the Bete du bon Dieu?" "Nearly as big as a small retriever, a monster, I tell you. Ah!
"He's my mate, and if you'll wait about half an hour I'll go get the old Siwash," Matt replied happily, and started back to the Retriever in a hurry. He had been gone less than twenty minutes, a fact noted by the astute Murphy, who met his superior at the rail as the latter climbed up the Jacob's ladder. "Why, you haven't cleared the old girl so soon, have you, sir?" he queried.
"Besides Bathsheba, we have a large retriever called 'Frolic. He and Bath are given sometimes to running after people who go to the back door; they never bite, but growl, and bark if it is a complete stranger. "On one occasion, an Irishman who had been employed to do some draining met with this hostile reception. ''Tis gude house-dogs, said my guardian of the poultry grimly.
She learned to close the door if we simulated a shiver, to bring me my slippers when she saw me begin to remove my boots, to carry messages to the first sergeant or the cook, to return to the camp from long distances and bring articles I sent for. Vic was an unerring setter and a fine retriever.
He combined the attributes of pointer, cocker spaniel, and retriever. In other words, he would hunt quail in the orthodox fashion; or he would rustle into the mesquite thorns for the purpose of flushing them out to us; or he would swim anywhere any number of times to bring out ducks. To be sure he occasionally got a little mixed.
Hapgood went on: "I'm telling you, old man, that after the coroner had done with him, and after this Humpo, with his viprous forefinger, and his retriever tongue, and his perspiration streaming down his face, and Twyning tugging him down by the coat and putting him on the trail afresh after the coroner, and after this Humpo like that, had been on to him for a bit, Sabre absolutely couldn't speak.
Our larder was well filled here, and the natives took great interest in our shooting and fishing. I used to take Tiger as retriever when I went duck shooting, and an excellent boy he was too, simply loving the water, and able to swim like any duck; to see him after a wounded bird was most exciting; as soon as he reached it, it would dive until he would be almost exhausted.
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