118 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE: 



my own, of sagacious notoriety. He was 

 a nonpareil in his way, and could do 

 everything but read and write. The re- 

 sult happily crowned my wishes with 

 success ; for the pups, the joint issue of 

 poodle cum spaniel, all turned out parti- 

 cularly good retrievers ; one is at Quim- 

 per at this moment. 



A good old setter that thoroughly un- 

 derstands his work will be found very 

 useful in cover for pheasant-shooting, 

 and in some instances is preferable to 

 the yelping tribe. In nine cases out of 

 ten, when a pheasant is wounded, he 

 runs, and continues to do so as long as 

 the babblers are in pursuit of him ; but 

 if the dog be mute, the bird will the 

 sooner stop, and is sure to be ultimately 

 found by an experienced setter, and 

 with infinitely less trouble to the sports- 

 man. 



I am aware that keepers set their faces 



