200 FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



offensive to tlieir sensitive minds to call in extra 

 assistance. 



It has been my lot very frequently to listen to 

 tlie dogmas deliberately laid down by many noble 

 lords and gentlemen as to Avliat their pointers or 

 setters ought or ought not to be allowed to do. 

 One learned Pundit says, '^ Never let your setters 

 or pointers have snipes or landrails shot to them ; 

 it teaches them to ^ puzzle.' " Another learned 

 man assures you '^ that you should never shoot 

 hares or rabbits before your setters or pointers, 

 or they will always be looking for fur instead of 

 feather I " 



My reply to these fallacies is this. I go out to 

 enjoy myself, and, therefore, to shoot anything I 

 please, and I fully expect my dogs to be as 

 anxious to find, and as careful to point, anything 

 from a landrail, quail, hare, or rabbit, up to a 

 blackcock, grouse, partridge, or pheasant. 



My setters will not of themselves run a Iiare or 

 a ral)bit, but, if I see that I wound oitlier, I can 

 bid tlicm ^' seek dead," and tliey will run tlie line 

 of citlier till tliey find it dead or so crippled that 

 they can catch it, and then they bring it back 

 to me. 



