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ward and according to my judgment he should always 

 join you after the "down charge," 184. By these 

 means you will thus familiarize him with a very useful 

 signal ; for that signal will cause him to approach you 

 in the field, when you have made a circuit to head him 

 at his point knowing that birds will then be lying some- 

 where between you and him and want him to draw 

 nearer to the birds and you, to show you exactly where 

 they are. This some may call a superfluous refinement, 

 but I hope you will consider it a very killing accomplish- 

 ment, and, being easily taught, it were a pity to neglect 

 it. When a Setter is employed in cock-shooting, the 

 advantage of using this signal is very apparent. While 

 the dog is steadily pointing, it enables the sportsman to 

 look for a favorable opening, and, when he has posted 

 himself to his satisfaction, to sign to the Setter or if 

 out of sight to tell him to advance and flush the bird : 

 when, should the sportsman have selected his position 

 with judgment, he will generally get a shot. I have 

 seen this method very successfully adopted in America, 

 where the forests are usually so dense that cocks are 

 only found on the outskirts in the underwood. 



34. After a little time he will regularly look to you 

 for directions. Encourage him to do so ; it will make 

 him hereafter, when he is in the field, desirous of hunt- 

 ing under your eye, and induce him to look to you, in a 

 similar manner, for instructions in what direction he is 

 to search for game. Observe how a child watches its 

 mother's eye ; so will a dog watch yours, when he be- 



