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of scent,' ' the determined courage,' and many other 

 characteristics of, to use a hackneyed phrase, 'the 

 friend of man,' and I shall no doubt be out of 

 fashion in neglecting to enlarge on these historical 

 attributes, but I will endeavour to tell you concisely 

 and plainly how to train a dog so that you may uti- 

 lise his intelligence for the benefit of your game bag. 



A FEW GENERAL HINTS TO THE YOUNG SHOOTER WHO 

 WISHES TO TRAIN A DOG FOR HIS GUN 



To train dogs for the gun, whatever their breed, 

 you will have to leant a system and act on it, 

 proceeding step by step from the first lesson to the 

 last, for it will take a deal of attention to produce 

 a really efficient dog, though there is, I admit, no 

 difficulty in the education of retrievers, pointers, and 

 setters (f you set to work methodically and resolutely. 



Break in your dogs slowly and surely, never 

 hurrying them through lessons that should be care- 

 fully taught, in your desire to advance their education 

 rapidly, for the initiatory discipline a dog receives as 

 a puppy at home is the real foundation of his after 

 success in the field. 



A man of a hasty disposition will never train a 

 {>ropi-rly, and no dog you value should ever be 

 given in charge of a harsh-mannered assistant, or of 

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