?8 OF SHOOTING, 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAINING 

 POINTERS. 



Three species of dogs are capable of re- 

 ceiving proper instruction, and of being train- 

 ed to the game : these are, the smooth point- 

 er, the spaniel, and the rough pointer; the 

 last is a dog with long curled hair, and seems 

 to be a mixed breed of tiie water-dog and 

 spaniel. The smooth pointer is active and 

 lively enough in his range, but in general is 

 proper only for an open country ; the great- 

 est part of these dogs are afraid of water, 

 brambles, and thickets, but the spaniel and 

 the rough pointer are easily taught to take 

 the water, even in the coldest weather, and 

 to range the woods and rough places as well 

 as the plains ; greater dependence may there- 

 fore be had on the two last species of dogs, 

 than on the smooth pointer. Before you 

 begin to break in a dog, it will be proper 

 when he his only six or seven months old, to 

 teach him to fetch and carry, which ,may ea- 



