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country if there are to be two guns 

 out. 



The dogs naturally play an important 

 part in the proceedings, and it is most 

 necessary that they should be well broken 

 and fit for work. Setters range rather 

 wider than pointers, and are consequently 

 the best to use where birds are not 

 plentiful. Setters are also better in rank 

 heather and on rough ground, being less 

 tender-footed than pointers. The setter 

 is without doubt the hardier dog of the 

 two, though the pointer is easier to breed 

 and to break. 



It is usual to start on the higher ground 

 in the morning, working the birds down 

 on to the lower feeding grounds, and 

 looking to the evening for the best of the 

 shooting. 



In the earlier part of the season the 

 custom is to start at the down-wind end 

 of the beat, and work across the wind, 

 driving the birds forward as far as possible, 

 and turning into the wind whenever the 

 boundary of the beat is reached. 



