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being then paired, lay better; and being 

 sprung more seldom, and in fewer numbers, 

 the dog is not so subject to be eager, and is 

 kept under command with greater ease ; but 

 as this season scarcely allows time to make 

 the dog perfect and staunch, you must re- 

 sume his lessons in the month of August, 

 and kill five or six old grouse, or moor-game 

 cocks, on the ground before him, which will 

 soon complete him against the first of Sep- 

 tember for partridge shooting. 



To make a dog back and stand in com- 

 pany, you should hunt him with an old 

 staunch dog, and then, with a small applica- 

 tion of the principles of training, you will 

 easily effect this necessary qualification. 

 Young dogs, for the most part, love to run 

 after poultry, and some after sheep ; those 

 are faults which it is absolutely necessary to 

 correct betimes : as to poultry, if you can- 

 not make your dog leave off the custom of 

 chasing them, by virtue of the whip, the fol- 

 lowing method will do it : take a small stick. 



