OF SHOOTING, 



it a little way and let him worry it on the 

 ground, and so by degrees make him bring 

 it to you wherever you throw it ; from the 

 glove you may teach him to fetch cudgels, 

 bags, nets, &c. If you use the dog to carry 

 dead fowl it will not be amiss, for by that 

 means he will not tear or bruise what fowl 

 you shoot. Having perfected this lesson, 

 drop something behind you which the dog 

 does not see, and being gone a little way 

 from it send him back to seek it, by saying 

 back, I have lost ; if he seems amazed, point 

 with your finger urging him to seek out, 

 and leave him not till he has done it ; then 

 drop something at a greater distance and 

 make him find that too, till you have brought 

 him to go back a mile : you may now train 

 up for your gun, making the dog stalk after 

 you step by step, or else couch and lie close 

 till you have shot. 



The last use of the water-dog is in moult- 

 ing time, when wild fowl cast their feathers 

 and are unable to flv, which is between sum- 



