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Used his nose truly, he may spring from his point in 

 a wrong direction and thereby possibly make a fail^ 

 tire of the effort. When the birds rise the dog's 

 eyes corne into service. If he errs on the first spring 

 he may readjust for the second, aiid if there are any 

 laggards or weak birds he still may succeed in cap- 

 turing one. If he captures and is permitted to dis- 

 pose of the bird as he pleases, he forthwith eats it 

 with great relish. The fox observes a similar 

 method when he attempts to capture grouse. The 

 cat, too, exhibits analogous method in its attempt to 

 stalk small birds, etc., trusting, however, more to the 

 sense of sight than to the sense of smell. 



Many centuries ago man observed this trait of the 

 dog and learned that, by restraining it to limits 

 which did not permit of the spring to capture, it 

 could be usefully applied to his own purposes in the 

 pursuit and capture of game birds. 



Ranging, reading, pointing and the knowledge 

 and crafty application of them which comes only 

 from experience, the trainer cannot supply. The 

 majority of amateurs, however, start on the mis- 

 taken theory that they must not only teach the dog 

 how to work to the gun, but how to hunt birds. 



