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one, as it will tend to make him deaf. Do not keep it 

 on him except when he is working in the covert. 



Do not feed your bird-dog with much meat during 

 the summer months : at this season he requires but 

 little, if any. For my dog I boil up a quantity of 

 Indian pudding, feeding it out cold with a little milk, 

 and at times adding some pot-liquor from boiled beef. 

 During the hot days in summer, if your dog is housed 

 in a kennel, knock out the bottom and let him have 

 his bed on the bare ground ; and now and then have 

 the inside cleaned and whitewashed. Occasionally 

 move the kennel along on the ground and give him a 

 clean new bed ; indeed, always have his bed clean, as 

 it will tend to keep him cool and comfortable. 



What my Setter did, trained in this Way. 



One season, when woodcock were very scarce, I 

 one day took a friend out hunting who had a great 

 desire to see my setter work, particularly as he had 

 had a number of dogs who were unsuccessful in their 

 pointing. 



It was a dry season, and we went by a mountain- 

 ous route where I always hunted at such times. We 

 passed through some excellent woodcock grounds, 

 without flushing a feather. Coming at last to a little 

 copse of woods and alders in an open pasture, I fol- 

 lowed the dog into the covert, while my friend took 

 the outside. 



Soon after getting well into the cover, Dash came 

 to a point on a woodcock. I gave him the word 



