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point a hare. She was seldom taken by choice more 

 than a mile or two from the Lodge, but has frequently 

 joined them when out with their pointers, and continued 

 with them several hours. She has sometimes stood 

 a jack-snipe when all the pointers had passed it by ; 

 she would back the dogs when they pointed, but the 

 dogs refused to back her until spoke to, their dogs being 

 all trained to make a general halt when the word was 

 given, whether any dog pointed or not ; so that she has 

 been frequently standing in the midst of a field of 

 pointers. In consequence of the dogs not liking to 

 hunt when she was with them, (for they dropped their 

 sterns, and showed symptoms of jealousy), she did not 

 very often accompany them, except for the novelty ; or 

 when she accidentally joined them in the forest. Her 

 pace was mostly a trot, was seldom known to gallop, 

 except when called to go out shooting, she would then 

 come home off the forest at full stretch (for she was 

 never shut up, but to prevent her being out of the 

 sound of the call or whistle, when a party of gentlemen 

 had appointed to see her out the next day, and which 

 call she obeyed as readily as a dog), and be as much 

 elevated as a dog upon being shown the gun. She 

 always expressed great pleasure when game, either dead 

 or alive, was placed before her. She has frequently 

 stood a single partridge at forty yards' distance, her nose 

 in a direct line to the bird ; after standing some con- 

 siderable time she would drop like a setter, still keeping 

 her nose in an exact line, and would continue in that 

 position until the game moved : if it took wing, she 

 would come up to the place and put her nose down two 



