iv CONTENTS. 



— A visit to Quimper, I'Orient and Brest — Cheapness of 

 living — The Bagnes — How to give a garde champetrea 

 breathing p. 81 — 101 



CHAPTER IV. 



Arrival of Captain P and Mr. W at Quimper — 



Their friendly reception by the inhabitants — Our Setters 

 admired — Some observations on founding the breed — 

 The history of" Mouche," and how the author became 

 possessed of her — Retrievers — French and English guns 

 —Proving a Birmingham barrel . . . . p. 102 — 130 



CHAPTER V. 



Trials of English and French guns — London versus Paris — 

 A dejeuner de gargon in the French capital — Trip to 

 M^ry — The Champagne country — Some remarks on the 

 wine — How to cure a ropy batch — A remarkable in- 

 stance given — Return to Picardy — Plints about dogs. 



p. 131—164 



CHAPTER VI. 



Setters again — Anecdote of " Right," a celebrated dog — A 

 few remarks upon simple shooting — Guns and gun- 

 makers — Ball-shooting with a John Manton — Westley 

 Richards and the Bishop of Bond Street — Back-action 

 lock — Rifles to be preferred for boar-shooting — Rifle- 

 shooting in America p. 165 — 195 



CHAPTER VH. 



Rifle-shooting, by an American gentleman . . p. 196 — 221 



