158 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



ing to a servant, the chances are, your 

 dog will be knocked up in a month. 



I speak from experience and practice, 

 and could adduce numberless instances in 

 support of my argument. 



Where the locale admits of the enjoy- 

 ment of wild-fowl shooting in the winter, 

 the dogs employed for this purpose should 

 have a greater share of care and atten- 

 tion, and warmth should be afforded them 

 with an unsparing hand. 



By some I shall doubtless be thought 

 over particular and fastidious ; but I do 

 not hesitate to say, that during the whole 

 of the time I was in France I devoted, in 

 the winter season, a brick-floored room 

 in an out-house, to the use of a setter 

 and retriever. It had a large open fire- 

 place, and while my tenants were occu- 

 pied in seeking sport for their master, a 

 large wood fire was kindling on the hearth 

 to welcome them on their return home. 



