530 , MODERN FARRIER. 



sometimes have due effect. Partridges lie much 

 better to dogs that wind them than to those that 

 follow by the track. The dog that winds the scent 

 approaclies the birds by degrees, and vvith more or 

 less caution, as he finds them either shy or tame, or 

 as they lie well or ill, Vvdiich he is enabled to disco- 

 ver by the scent which they emit when they are 

 une;!sy : besides, when they see him hunting round 

 him, they are not so much alarmed as they are when 

 they perceive him follo'>ving them. Birds are al- 

 ways disturbed when they see a dog tracing their 

 steps. WJien a dog follows them in this manner 

 down v/ind, he generally springs them ; for he is not 

 able to take the scent properly until he is upon 

 them, and th.en they will not lie. Dogs that carry 

 their heads high will always find the most game. 



The art of breaking dogs is siinple and easy, and 

 ought to be commenced as early as possible. Pup- 

 pies of three or four months old may be observed 

 standing at chickens, pigeons, and even sparrows. 

 When a whelp of this description has reached his 

 sixth or seventh month, the process may be pro- 

 ceeded in the following way"; and either a single 

 dog, a brace, or more, may be managed v/ith equal 

 ease, in any convenient spot, at the same time, with 

 no other assistance whatever than the alternate ex- 

 pressions of ' To ho !'— ' Have a- care!'— 'Take heed!' 

 — and, ' Hie on !' having a small whip or cane in 

 the hand, to enforce obedience. The commence- 

 ment of the ceremony consists in throwing a piece 

 of meat or bread at some small distance before the 

 dog, who upon endeavouring to seize it, must be 

 checked by a quick exclamation of, ' TiJ^e heed !' 

 &e. to keep him in a patient point of perseverance. 

 When he has stood a sufficient time to demonstrate 

 his obedience to the injunction, then a vibratiye 

 low-tooed whistle, accompanied with the mild eja- 

 culation of, * Hie on !' will prove the signal for pro- 

 ceeding, which the whole will quietly learn to obey; ; 



