-3,0 REVELATIONS OF A EAT-CATCHEE. 



.once a fortnight) to skin a nice young Eat and 

 give it to the ferret. 



SUITABLE DOGS. 



And now a word or two as to what is a good 

 dog for waterside hunting, or working with the 

 ferrets. I recommend a cross-bred dog, but I 

 find that it is always better to have the 

 pointer breed in it, whatever other breed you 

 .get, because the pointer always has the nose 

 or scent. Pointer and Airedale would be very 

 good, or pointer and Irish terrier. I have 

 often noticed that pure-bred dogs are not 

 much good for hunting in buildings or rivers. 

 I have frequently seen a cross-bred dog stand 

 at one side of the river, and if the wind has 

 been in his favour he has winded his nose 

 across the river, and I have sent him OA^er and 

 he has turned a Eat out, bolted it into the 

 water, and killed it. 



The best precaution to take in breaking a 

 dog to Bat-catching and waterside hunting 

 (especially if it be a puppy) is to never allow 

 .anybody but yourself to have anything to do 

 with it, it being the worst thing possible to let 

 a working dog have too many masters. Break 

 it in to the ferrets first, and then it is a good 

 plan to go up the river banks, with either a 

 dead Eat or rabbit skin, letting the dog play 

 with it for a while, and then burying it about 



