i8 GUNS AND DOGS 



tired of it and take it up again later. They should have 

 their play-time as well as their school-time. 



In England and on the Continent dogs are especially 

 trained as retrievers only. Much of the shooting is 

 done differently there. The birds are often driven to- 

 ward the shooter by beaters or drivers, and the re- 

 trieving dog is kept in until birds are shot, and then 

 ordered to retrieve. I much prefer to tramp across 

 fields and to see the dogs galloping about, indus- 

 triously searching for the birds, and stanchly point- 

 ing them, and last of all retrieving the slain. 



The cocker-spaniels are trained to hunt close to the 

 gun. They do not point, but give tongue when the 

 cock takes wing. 



For wild-fowl shooting, larger retrieving spaniels are 

 mostly used, and they have wonderful noses, and find 

 and retrieve the dead and wounded wild-fowl in the 

 heaviest rushes and reeds. 



The Chesapeake Bay dog is supposed to be a cross 

 between the Newfoundland and the water spaniel. 

 They are strong, heavy-coated dogs, especially suited 

 to the rough work in icy w^aters. They will swim for 

 miles among cakes of floating ice, and retrieve the 

 largest wounded goose or swan. 



The beagles are small dogs resembling hounds, and 

 are used like hounds in packs in shooting the hares, 

 usually the small animal known as the common rabbit 

 or cotton-tail. I shall refer again to the dogs and their 

 use on game when considering the various birds. Let 

 the beginner take the advice of some older sportsman 

 in the purchase of a dog and the selection of a trainer, 

 and he will not go wrong. 



