Terriers' tails are docked through a mistaken idea that they are thus , better adapted .for entering holes in hunting, and less liable to be held by an attacking enemy. Others, again, have thought that by being "tailed," puppies could be prevented growing. The first commission for pressing seamen to man the warships of the navy was issued in 1355. A statute of Richard 11. (1378) speaks of it as a practice well known. Pressing, either for land or sea service,, was declared by the Parliament of 1641 to be illegal, but it was extensively practised after that date.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 2, 3 January 1931, Page 7
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