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with your hand. When they do it freely, teach them 

 to crouch to the holding up of the hand, and to rise to 

 the words " Hold up ! " after which, when they come 

 upon the haunt, and are likely to puzzle the hirds up, 

 by crying " Hold up !" they will throw their noses up, 

 and find the hirds out by their flying scent. When 

 you see they have got the wind, by crying " To-ho ! " 

 they will stop: walk up, keep them to their point. a 

 little while, then flush the birds. If they chase do not 

 chastise them, but take a piece of liver upon a cord, and 

 drag it in a zigzag direction. 



When the dogs are beating, fire a pistol, and make 

 them crouch to it, by crying " Down charge." After 

 reloading, cry " Hold up ! " bring them up wind to 

 the drag, lay them on the road, make them point it, and 

 draw steadily till they find it, then reward them with 

 a bit of it. Practise this for some time, then procure a 

 live bird, tie a string to its leg forty yards long, make 

 a hole in the ground, put the bird into it, and cover it 

 with a tile. Stake the end of the string and let the 

 dogs find the bird. When they are pointing it, draw 

 the tile ; and when the bird takes wing, fire your pistol, 

 make the dogs crouch down to it, then cry " Hold up ! 

 hey! lost!" and let them find it. Be up with them, 

 and cry " Dead! dead!" to prevent their killing it 

 then give them a reward, which, at the word " dead,*' 

 makes them drop the game from their mouths. This 

 will prevent their breaking their game. Next procure 

 a rabbit, fasten a cord round its neck, and proceed as 



