28 SHOOTING : 



The sev'ral kinds would not by this have grown 

 So num'rous, that their numbers are unknown ; 

 And each one's rise and progress thus we see 

 Is but one tissue of uncertainty. 



But by the following breeding, if you choose, 

 The modern Setting dog you may produce ; 

 A Pointer bitch, if cross'd with Foxhound blood, 

 (But certain be that both the breeds are good,) 

 Will litter whelps which oft to pointing take, 

 And sometimes stanch and steady dogs they make, 

 Of course when that's the case, they're mostly found 

 To take more after bitch than after hound ; 

 The offspring of a female of this litter, 

 Warded by Newfoundland, we find is fitter 

 Than the above, to help to fill a bag, 

 The Sportsman's solace after a long fag ; 

 This strain, likewise, we now a Setter call, 

 But much inferior to the original. 

 Still bear in mind these are but gen'ral rules, 

 Those who ne'er make exceptions are but fools ; 



