THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 115 



bourg St. Giles, to Isidore Lefort's, the 

 dog-breaker, for some more powder and 

 shot. 



The little garmin had scarcely crossed 

 the Somme before Mouche was on a 

 point, and I laid a trifling wager with 

 Monsieur Adolphe Lottin that she would 

 not break it until the messenger's return, 

 if the birds remained undisturbed. The 

 boy came back in about three quarters of 

 an hour, during which period my young 

 prodigy never moved. The gun was of 

 course instantly loaded, and a wisp of 

 snipe were found to have huddled together 

 in some long grass : a couple were killed, 

 and Monsieur Lottin had to pay five francs 

 for his want of faith ; but to this day is 

 loud in his praises and admiration of my 

 invaluable purchase. 



In founding a breed, especial attention 

 should be paid to the property and power 

 of scent in both father and mother ; for 



