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Iiead'downwind, he comes in contact with tlie scent of the birds 

 almost immediately. The puzzle peg is used as a last resource 

 when Hold up ! is not attended to. 



Ware! is a word of caution; and Ware hare! is to check the 

 animal from rumiing after the hare, when partridges, grouse, or 

 pheasants are at hand. It is a good device to accustom a dog to 

 attend to signs as well as words ; for a wave of the hand will often 

 do more execution, than loud and frequent shoutiuo-. 



On shooting habiliments and appurtenances we beg to make a 

 remark or two. A shooting sportsman should be conveniently and 

 appropriately clad. Ease, comfort, and safety, are the three leading 

 points to be attended to. The coats or jackets should be \^y-^X 

 supphed with capacious pockets ; those for hares should be Imed 

 with oil-skin; iadeed, all shooting pockets are the better of a 

 lining of this kind. There is commonly a multitude of articles to 

 fill them with: waddings, loose caps, or cap-charger, gun knife, 

 and, peradventure, snuff and cigars. To all shooters of forty years 

 and upwards we would recommend flannel shirts, no matter how 

 warm the weather. Of course there must be a diversity of dress 

 for the shooting seasons of the year ; his autumn, his wmter, and 

 his wild-fowl dresses. Laced half-boots, with gaiters to reach 

 above the knee, are deshable things. Thick woollen stockings, 

 made of soft yarn, not worsted. The great secret of keeping the 

 feet in good order duriag continued walking, is the use of the 

 right sort of stockings or socks; and none really answer the 

 purpose so completely and pleasantly as the fine wool made into 

 thick yarn, and home knit. To those who have tender feet,_a little 

 soap rubbed on the sole of a stocking will answer a beneficial end. 

 Wlicn suffering from thirst, there is nothing more refreshing than 

 to take a little hard crast of bread and soak it in cold water, and 

 eat it. Avoid, if possible, drinldng any quantity of this fluid when 

 hot. But bread and water, to sip and eat, is a most refreshing and 

 grateful beverage. It is vastly superior to any purely stiQiulatirig 

 liquors during the hours of exercise. These are never taken but to 

 a disadvantage. Theyduninish the muscular and active powers, 

 and produce mischiefs in a variety of ways. 



There are several other items of moment constituting the regular 

 equipment of the shooting sportsman. The shot, powder, wadding, 

 caps or flints, are matters of course; but in addition to these,_an 

 oil-sldn cover for the guii, or at least a loc!c-cover, is very requisite. 

 A nipple-wrench, gun-pincher, tumscrew, probe, &c., may either be 

 had separately or in a sporting knife, which embraces them all, and 

 is useM in many other capacities. A good deal of the success, and 

 nine-tenths of the real pleasure derivable from shooting, depends 

 upon the right management of the commissariat department. 



