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their habitat, habits, and the manner of working the 

 ground to the best advantage, no explanation is 

 needed as to which would be the most successful. 



The intelligence and industry which the shooter 

 must exercise in bringing success to the use of the 

 gun are not unlike those which the dog must exercise 

 similarly in bringing success to the use of his nose. 



As to working out the ground properly there is no 

 arbitrary method. What might be a thorough work- 

 ing of it by one dog might not be so at all when done 

 similarly by some other dog. The one might have a 

 very keen nose, which would command a wide scope, 

 and therewith might take every intelligent advantage 

 of wind and ground, the other, owing to a dull nose 

 and its consequent smaller scope, might be unable to 

 work out the ground properly if he followed the 

 same lines set by his keener-nosed rival. 



Local conditions also have their importance. In a 

 close country the range should not be so far that the 

 dog is out of sight for appreciable lengths of time, 

 for then the shooter cannot know what the dog is do- 

 ing. If he then gets on a point he is difficult to find, 

 and if he flushes and chases, the shooter is ignorant 

 of it. If he points a mile away on a prairie it is 



