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setting-dog ; therefore, before we proceed 

 to the sport, we shall give you an account 

 what the setting-dog is. You are to under- 

 stand, that a setting-dog is a certain lusty 

 land spaniel, taught by nature to hunt the 

 partridge more than any chase whatever, 

 running the fields over with such alacrity and 

 nimbleness, as if there was no limit to his 

 fury and desire, yet by art under such ex- 

 cellent command, that in the height of his 

 career, by a hem or sound of his master's 

 voice, he shall stand, gaze about him, look 

 his master in the face, and observe his direc- 

 tions, whether to proceed, stand still, or 

 retire ; nay, when he is even just upon his 

 prey, that he may take it up in his rnouth : 

 yet his obedience is so framed by art, that 

 presently he shall either stand still or fall 

 down flat on his belly, without daring to 

 make any noise or motion till his master 

 comes to him, and then he will proceed in 

 all things to follow his directions. 



Having a dog thus qualified by art and 



