HUNTING.— SHOOTING. 315 



pages of Beckford and Somerville, among the old authorities, 

 and to " Nimrod," Col. Cooke, tlie Hon. Grantley Berkeley, 

 Mr. Delme E-adcliffe, and lastly " Scrutator," among the modern 

 writers on this subject. A treatise on Hunting must comprise 

 at least as large a ..volume as the present, and, therefore, I 

 may well be excused from going into it. For the same reason 

 hare-hunting both with harriers and beagles must be passed 

 over, as well as otter-hunting, beyond the notices which are 

 given of the hounds used in these sports, at pages 63 — 67 and 70. 



THE USE OF THE DOG IN SHOOTING. 



The dogs used in aid of the gun are : the pointer, the setter, 

 in grouse- and partridge- shooting ; the spaniel, beagle, and 

 terrier, in covert-shooting ; either of the above in snipe-shooting ; 

 and the water-spaniel or retriever in wildfowl- shooting. 



GROUSE- AND PARTRIDGE-SHOOTING. 



In open shooting, whether of the grouse or partridge, there 

 is a great difference of opinion respecting the choice of a dog, 

 that is, whether the pointer or setter shall be selected, and, if 

 either, the j^articidar breed. In order to arrive at any conclusion 



