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company as other dogs may render him too eager 

 and jealous ; besides, by continually hunting with 

 an old do , he will acquire a habit of following him 

 and knowing his superiority, will quietly let him 

 find the game, and never venture to iumt for him- 

 self. When he has got the scent, (which is easily 

 learnt by the movement of his tail) he should be 

 allowed to chase his game for a while, particuLrly if 

 he has been backward in noticing it. To make a 

 dog stop or set is an easy task ; and many, in this 

 respect, require little or no teaching. For this pur- 

 pose he should be accompanied by an old steady 

 dog, and the less noise that is made the steadier he 

 will hunt. If taught to hunt by the motion of the 

 hand, he w\\\ regularly look foi- the signal Avhenever 

 at a loss ; and the voice or whistle should be used as 

 little as possible, for if satisfied with hearing alone, 

 he "will seldom ever turn to look at his master. He 

 should never be suffered to break field, that is, to 

 go out of the field before or witliout his master. If 

 on finding game he spring and chase it, conduct 

 him instantly back to the place from v^hence he 

 started, and there make him lie down several times. 

 Slinking is when a dog finds his game, and, on 

 being spoken to, draws off, and runs behind his 

 master : frequently he will do this without being 

 spoken to, and this habit is generally contracted by 

 indiscriminate castigation ; severe correction must 

 therefore be avoided, or w^e may be apt, by endea- 

 vouring to break him off one error, to lead him into 

 a worse. When a young dog finds game, his mas- 

 ter should never run, but walk slowly up to him ; 

 for if he uin, the dog will naturally do the same, 

 and certainly spring the birds. 



Whenever young dogs rake, that is, hunt Avith 

 the nose close to the ground, which frequently hap- 

 pens, they must be immediately cured of this habit ; 

 w^henever a dog follows the game by track, he 

 should be called to in an angry tone, which will 

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