DOGS BECOME SEA-SICK. 83 



quickly as those who carry them full-cocked, but 

 I do not admhe the practice. Persons are very 

 apt to imagine, that they may, with impunity, 

 play any tricks with a gun that is half-cocked 

 or secured by any safety-spring ; but, in my opin- 

 ion, a sportsman ought never to forget from the 

 moment he has put a cap on the nipple, that he 

 holds in his hand a dangerous weapon, which, by 

 inadvertency, accident, or carelessness, may kill, 

 or seriously injure, either himself or any other 

 person. 



Our progress is accelerated by the propitious 

 breeze. On a sudden, the olfactory nerves of all 

 are grievously offended, and but little skill is re- 

 quired to discover the cause. The motion of the 

 boat, though slight, caused by the gentle morning 

 breeze, has made one of the younger and less sea- 

 soned of the dogs sea-sick. An amusing scene 

 follows ; and the stoutness and strength of each 

 Nimrod's stomach are sorely put to the test. 

 The offender is found secreted in the folds of his 

 master's cloak, under a-thwart in the stern- 

 sheets, is forthwith expelled, vi et armis, from the 

 forbidden territory, and obliged unwillingly to 

 take up his abode with his more experienced and 



