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LETTER XVII 

 GEOUSE SHOOTING (PART II) 



WITH POINTERS AND SETTERS 



HERE we are at last at our lodge, fully three or four 

 days before the 12th, please (a week is better still), 

 for if you wish to make the most of your shooting 

 you ami your dogs should be in good wind. The 

 spare days can be spent in long walks with the dogs. 

 You may even in a quiet way learn something about 

 the flight of the birds as you ramble on the confines 

 of your ground, and you can also drive some of the 

 broods off the boundaries downwind to a more 

 central position, ready for the 12th. You will find 

 out the character of your different dogs, will tramp 

 your boots and feet into order, and yourself into con- 

 dition, in case, as is likely, you have not lately been 

 walking hard, up and down dale. 



Remember also that, unless attended to, a pointer's 

 feet are always apt to become sore after a few days on 

 the heather. So would a setter's if the latter had 

 not of necessity been given plenty of previous 

 exercise to break him in, lest he spoil sport on the 

 12th by galloping to please himself. 



