SNIPE SHOOTING. 55 



Apropos, we remember to have not long since 

 seen, in our walk, an odd looking disciple of 

 Nimrod, in a velvet cap, shooting-jacket, and 

 horseman's boots, solemnly beating out a build- 

 ing lot on Broad street, where a little water had 

 accumulated after a rain his face set and his 

 piece at full cock tramping backwards and 

 forwards, now with the wind at his back, and 

 now quartering and evincing in these ma- 

 noeuvres a precision and tenacity of purpose, 

 which at first induced us to suspect that the 

 man was mad ; until opportunely remembering 

 the advice of these same closet shooters, and 

 having a sincere respect for genius in the germ, 

 we instantly withdrew our too curious gaze, and 

 whistling to Dash, who was also regarding the 

 embryo Nimrod with unaffected astonishment, 

 walked hastily on. 



We will hazard the opinion that this disciple, 

 like his master, seldom found dogs of much ac- 

 count in snipe shooting. 



But to resume for the cars have passed the 

 Lazaretto. It is not our wish to sit in judgment 

 between the pointer and the setter, respecting the 

 supposed superiority of either as snipe dogs. We 

 have shot over so many excellent animals of both 

 species, that, falling back on our sporting expe- 



