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set, at which, time you should make the utmost speed 

 to the wheat stubbles, where you can generally 

 shoot till so dark that you have dimculty in dis- 

 tinguishing your game. If you are disinclined to lose 

 the meridian hours, and feel strong enough to stand 

 the oppressive influence of a noonday sun, the rolling 

 high grounds, or barren, loose-soiled places, where 

 moulding and scratching a la tame fowl can be enjoyed, 

 will be found the locale ; but I would advise all, if they 

 have no regard for themselves, to have some considera- 

 tion for their canine favourites, for, remember, for one 

 mile you tramp they go ten, and if they feel exhausted 

 with their morning's work, they are incapable of ex- 

 pressing their fatigue. 



In hunting any description of game in which you 

 make use of the dog as an assistant to find it, be 

 careful to give him the wind, and never hurry or force 

 him forward when he shows an indication of winding 

 birds ; remember he knows infinitely better than 

 you do, and that he has some cogent reason to act 

 as he does ; and further, that he has not learned the 

 diplomatic art of lying, although his accomplishments 

 may be numerous and varied. The sportsman who 

 beats his ground slowly and carefully will invariably 

 kill more than he who is always hurrying on as 

 if he were the wearer of the time-honoured seven- 



