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on the other side he turns down wind ; or he may cast 

 irregularly wide and close, or wide on one side and 

 short on the other, or come to his handler in the mid- 

 dle of his cast, or cast to the rear of his handler be- 

 times, etc., or be working outside the boundaries 

 which are most advantageous to the shooter's suc- 

 cess. A point made a half mile or more away im- 

 poses a great loss of time and extra walking or riding 

 on the shooter, as do also the long searches for the 

 dog when he is lost on point, and the latter is a fre- 

 quent occurrence when the dog works beyond 

 bounds. The dog which so works is a semi-self- 

 hunter, and is a very laborious dog to handle. 



