UPLAND SHOOTING. 321 



" The Setter frequently requires a partial rebreaking at the 

 commencement of each season, in his younger days, owing to 

 the natural eagerness with which he resumes the sport. The 

 necessity of this, however, diminishes with age, as the charac- 

 ter and habits of the d g become more settled, and then we may 

 take them into the field, with a perfect assurance of their be- 

 having quite as well on the first hunt of the season, as the 

 staunchest Pointer would. 



" The extreme caution, and mechanical powers of the Pointer 

 in the field, is a barrier to'his flushing the birds, as is often wit- 

 nessed in the precipitate running of the Setter, who winds the 

 game, and frequently overruns it, in his great anxiety to ^orae 

 up with it. But this occasional fault on the part of the Setter, 

 may be counterbalanced by the larger quantity of game that he 

 usually finds in a day's hunt, owing to his enthusiasm and swdft- 

 ness of foot. Setters require much more water while hunting 

 than the Pointei-, owing to their thick covering of fur, encou- 

 raging a jrreater amount of insensible perspiration to fly off 

 than the thin and short dress of the Pointer. Consequently they 

 are bei ter calculated to hunt in the coldest seasons than early in 

 our falls, which are frequently quite dry and warm. 



" A striking instance of this fact came under our own imme- 

 diate observation this fall, when shooting in a range of country 

 thinly settled, and uncommonly dry. The day being warm, 

 and the birds scarce, the dogs suffered greatly from thirst, inso- 

 much that a very fine Setter, of uncommon bottom, was forced 

 to give up entirely, completely prostrated, foaming at the mouth 

 in the most alarming manner, breathing heavily, and vomiting 

 from time to time a thick frothy mucus. 



" His prostration of both muscular and nervous powers was 

 so great, that he could neither smell nor take the slightest notice 

 of a bird, although placed at his nose. He could barely manage 

 to drag one leg after the other, stopping to rest every few mo- 

 ments, and we were fearful that we should be obliged to slioul- 

 der and carrj' him to a farm-house, a considerable distance off. 

 However, he succeeded, with much difficulty, in reaching the 

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