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from the dogs, but because they were not there. They had 

 left. The hit bii-d and two of its companions, at the instant 

 of striking the ground, ran off and hid, and after the lapse 

 of two hours the}^ returned to the spot where they alighted 

 to get together again, and the three huddled, and the 

 wounded bird died, and, on coming up to the spot the second 

 time, the dogs soon found and pointed them. 



I have never known pointers or setters to have the slight- 

 est difficulty in finding or pointing crippled Partridges when 

 they had tumbled about, or ran on striking the ground. I 

 have seen pointers and setters find and point dead Part- 

 ridges fifteen minutes after the breath had left the body, 

 that is, when they had tumbled about or ran a few feet or 

 so before expiring. A Partridge, alighting in open cover, 

 and running a few feet or so, and settling and remaining at 

 the spot where it settled, will not be missed once in a thou- 

 sand times, if the daj^ is clear, and the air clean and fresh, 

 and the dogs are good, provided you advance to the spot at 

 once, and search the ground close, and give the dogs ample 

 time. 



