The truffle-hunter, roaming with his little dogs over park lands and
other pleasant places, seems to lead a fine, independent life. And he
confesses to making money on no mean scale. His professional fee is a
pound a day, with all expenses to be paid. The truffles are sold at
3_s_. the pound; but each truffle may cost the consumer fully half a
guinea, stewed, as it should be, in rich wine. The truffle-hunter may
tell you that his dogs are of the original truffle-hunting breed. Yet
we have no doubt that any dog with a good nose could be trained to find
truffles as easily as a retriever can be broken to hedgehogs.
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