154 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



Fuller-Maitland for a week. On his return 

 to Chesham, Mr. Fuller sent for my father, and 

 in the course of conversation, said : — " I have 

 been shooting with your son's master, at Stan- 

 stead." Then my father asked how I was 

 getting on, and received a favourable reply. 

 Then said my father, with a twinkle in his 

 eye: — ''Well sir, there is one thing I should 

 like to ask you ; did you see any of the dogs 

 he has broken?" "Yes, I did," said Mr. Fuller. 

 " And what did you think of them, sir ? " *' You 

 shall know what I think, Luke," replied Mr. 

 Fuller. "You shall never break another dog, 

 for me or anyone else, so long as you are in 

 my service ; if ever T want another dog broken, 

 I shall send it to your son John, at Stanstead." 



So he did, and father never broke another dog 

 from that time to the day of his death. I, alone, 

 broke Mr. Fuller's pointers and setters, until 

 he died ; George Rose, underkeeper to Mr. 

 Fuller, may have broken a few retrievers for 

 him, but I don't think he did. 



In breaking dogs, the first thing to be con- 

 sidered is the age. It is a difficult, and almost 



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