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tance the puppy has to work with his nose to find 

 the lure, and by degrees pull it right round the stick, 

 till he will finally follow its scent to your feet, whether 

 you stand downwind or to one side of the stick. After 

 a few days drag the pigeon or rabbit in some spot 

 that is out of sight of your puppy whilst he is mean- 

 while at the ' down charge,' thus dispensing with the 

 aid of the string and stick. Always add to the 

 distance you trail the pigeon or rabbit, till the puppy 

 will at length find it wherever you drag it, whether 

 in the open or among trees or bushes, and will more- 

 over fetch it to you at a gallop from as far as you 

 choose. In all this training to 'seek and find,' do not 

 omit to practise the puppy frequently in the ' down 

 charge,' and never allow him to move from your feet 

 in his early lessons till you call ' Seek,' and in his 

 finishiuff ones till you wave your arm as a sign that 

 he may go forward. Educate your puppy thoroughly 

 in this lesson of finding by scent, and it will be of 

 very great service to him afterwards when he has to 

 hunt up the trail of wounded game. 



LESSON VI 



' TO KEEP AT HEEL AND WARE CHASE ' 



If the puppy has throughout his previous lessons 

 been carefully exercised in ' down charging,' it goes a 

 long way towards keeping him at heel. 



"When you unkennel your pupil allow him to frisk 



