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tlie one object till tlie puppy will beat bis ground as sbown in tbe 

 diagram, at first single-banded, and tben crossing it witb anotber 

 dog ; but it seldom answers to use two together until steadiness 

 at " tbe point " is attained, as tbere are few old dogs wbicb will 

 beat tbeir ground properly long togetber wben tbey find tbat 

 tbey are worked witb a young one wbicb is constantly flusbing 

 bis birds or committing some otber faux pas. For tbese reasons 

 it is better to work tbe young ones at first singly, tbat is, as 

 soon as tbey will work ; and tben, after tbey range freely and 

 work to tbe band and wbistle, turning to tbe rigbt or left, 

 forwards or backwards, at tbe sligbtest wave of tbe band, and 

 wben tbey also begin to point, it is time enougb to " bunt tbem 

 double." 



In order to complete tbe education of tbe pointer in ranging 

 or heating las ground, it is not only necessary tbat be sbould 

 "quarter " it, as it is called, according to tbe metbod inculcated 

 at page 254 et seq., but tbat be sbould do it witb every advantage 

 of tbe wind, and also witbout losing time by dwelling on a false 

 scent, and, above all, avoiding sucb careless work as to put up 

 game witbout standing to a point at all. I bave before explained 

 tbe principle upon wbicb a field is to be " quartered," and de- 

 scribed tbe way in wbicb tbe dog is to be set to do bis work, 

 by tbe band and voice, aided by tbe wbistle. As a general rule, 

 pointers find tbeir game by tbe scent being blown to tbem 

 from the hoihj, constituting wbat is called a " body-scent,^' 

 and not from tbat left by tbe foot on tbe ground, wbicb is 



called a "foot-scent." Hence it is desirable in all cases to 



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