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5ind it will be found by practice, that one or more 

 may at the very moment of approaching the temp- 

 tation, be as instantly stopped, and recalled by the 

 repetition of a verbal caution, — ' Have a care !' &c. 



A dog, however, should not be much used until 

 he is a twelvemonth old. They should never be 

 permitted to deviate from the proper rule of quar- 

 tering the ground. When they have learned their 

 duty, but not before, they may be permitted to en- 

 ter into company, and to profit by the experience of 

 older dog's. 



56. Training Spaniels. 



Spaniel puppies, after weaning and tailing, should 

 be fed often ; indeed, until they are three parts of a 

 year old and upwards, at least three times a day. 

 Provided the proper means be used to promote 

 their stamina, their native courage will fully meet ~ 

 the almost incredible fatigue and hardships they 

 will generally have to cope with, and this at times 

 in the most inclement season of the year. For 

 this purpose, they should have milk several times in 

 the week, be allowed clean water to lap, and, if pos- 

 sible, a dry green, to sport and play on by day, with 

 clean straw, but not hay, to lie on at nights. Nor 

 must we omit the precaution, that children be not 

 allowed to play and toy with them, and that they 

 be by no means allowed to bask before the fire. 

 Much self-command and patience as it requires, it is 

 well worth the sportsman's while himself to enter 

 them, and this should be done before they are a 

 twelvemonth old. They should not at first be al- 

 lowed to range the open field after larks, and every 

 other incitement to the reverses of controul and order. 

 On the contrary, they should be taken directly into 

 cover ; and if they range and hunt the same, it is 

 enough. At first they should only be whistled to, 

 nor should they be either chid or encouraged. Kept 



