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should always be allowed to go at liberty through the 

 day, taking care to tie them up at night, because in 

 strange quarters, where this restraint may be neces- 

 sary, if not used to it they may howl, and disturb a 

 whole neighbourhood. 



Dogs should, if possible, receive their education 

 in an open moorland country, where there are neither 

 pheasants nor rabbits. They will then have full scope 

 for their faculties, acquire a gallant range, and learn 

 to quarter their ground properly. In this process the 

 words used should be few and simple, and accompanied 

 by signs, which ought ultimately to become their sub- 

 stitutes ; as we hold, that when a dog is thoroughly 

 made, a whistle or a signal will be sufficient for his 

 guidance in the field. To the young sportsman, the 

 Vocabulary and Maxims which follow may be useful, 

 and tend to impress him with a proper notion of the 

 business in hand. 



VOCABULARY. 



Hey away, hey on, good dog! is a general en- 

 couragement to general beat. 



Have a care. A caution when you perceive him 

 pressing rashly upon his birds, and in danger of 

 springing them. 



Hold up, good dog. When he is diffident of follow- 

 ing up his game, or dwelling upon a false haunt. 



Take heed, or to-ho f A caution to him when he 

 fixes to his point, and warning to other dogs to back, 

 accompanied by holding up the right hand, the same 

 as to down. 



Down charge. The word of command, instantly 

 after firing, which must be imperative. 



Seek dead. A notice for him to go in search of 

 dead or wounded birds. 



