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BUEAKING AND ENTERING. 



but to Lis own great delight, as shown bj his appreciation of the 

 scent, and by chasing his game until out of sight. At the present 

 stage of breaking, the puppy should by no means be checked for 



Fig. 43.— PLAN OF QUARTERING GROUND. 



this, as he knows no better, and the great object is to give him zest 

 for the work, not to make him dislike it ; so that, even if he runs 

 in to half a dozen pairs of birds, it will do him no harm, however 

 jealous it may make the old dog. As soon, however, as the young 

 one seems decidedly mclined to go to work by himself, take up 



