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-and an inch and a half in breadth, tapering 

 a little to one end; at the broader end are 

 two holes running longitudinally, through 

 which the collar of the dog is put, and the 

 whole is buckled round his neck ; the piece 

 of wood being projected beyond his nose, 

 is then fastened with a piece of leather 

 thong to his under jaw ; by this means, the 

 peg advancing seven or eight inches beyond 

 his snout, the dog is prevented from putting 

 his nose to the ground and raking. This 

 instrument is also proper for any dogs that 

 tear their game; and sometimes has been 

 found to make a dog that is too eager, and 

 possessing the bad habit of running up to the 

 foremost dog in the point, stand better in 

 company. 



Partridges lay much better to dogs that 

 wind them, than those that follow by the 

 track. The dog that winds the scent ap- 

 proaches the birds by degrees, and that more 

 or less as he finds them either shy or lay 

 well, which he is enabled to know by the 

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