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that has to hunt from moraing to night, and frequently for 

 several successive clays, as for a race-horse. He should be 

 taken out two or three hours daily, in the middle of the day, to 

 use him to the heat, for three or four weeks before the season 

 begins ; and let me observe in conclusion ; that if his master 

 were to adopt a similar course, he would have good cause to 

 rejoice in the precaution before the end of his first week's 

 shooting.' 



" Another gentleman, a large breeder of sporting dogs, thus 

 answered our queries as to the kind of animal best suited to the 

 general purpose of shooting : — 



" ' T have tiied all sorts, and, at last, fixed upon a well-bred 

 Setter as the most useful. I say well-bred, for not many of 

 the dogs with feathered sterns, which one sees now-a-days, are 

 worthy the name of Setter. Pointer fanciers object to Setters 

 on account of their requiring more water ; but there are gene- 

 rally sufficient springs and peat-holes on the moors for them ; 

 and, even in the early part of Septembei', a horse-pond or ditch 

 is to be met with often enough. For cover, or Snipe-shooting, 

 the Setter is far superior, facing the thorns in the cover, and the 

 wet in the bogs, without coming to heel, shivering like a pig in 

 the ague. I have always found, too, that Setters, when well 

 broke, are finer tempered, and not so easily cowed as Pointers. 

 Should they get an unlucky undeserved kick, Don, the Setter, 

 wags his tail, and forgets it much sooner than Carlo, the 

 Pointer. My shooting lying near the moors, takes in every 

 description of country, and I always find that, after a good 

 rough day, the Setter will out-tire the Pointer, though, perhaps, 

 not start quite so flush in the morning, 



" ' I always teach ojie, at least, of my dogs to bring his game, 

 which saves a world of trouble, both in and out of cover, but 

 never allow him to stir for the bird until after loading. Should 

 any of these remarks prove of service, I shall feel most happy 

 in having assisted a brother sportsman.' " 



To this I will oidy add, that I have botli seen and owned 

 Setters, which on the first day of the season were as steady and 



