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cover will injure his range in the open, and make him too 

 fond of hedge-rows. 



79. But there is a man in Yorkshire, who will not 



willingly admit this.* C e, Sir George A e's 



gamekeeper and a good one he is, for he has a particu- 

 larly difficult country to protect, one intersected witb 

 "rights of way " in every direction makes his pointers as 

 freely hunt the cover as the open. You never lose them, 

 for they are sure to make their appearance when they 

 think they have given you ample time to go to them if 

 you choose. This cover work does not the least un- 

 steady them, but it is right to state that C is an 



unusually good breaker, and works his dogs with singu- 

 lar temper and patience. They are very attached to 

 him, and appear to listen anxiously to what he says 

 when he talks to them which, I own, he does more than 

 I recommend. 



80. Pointers, however, are manifestly out of place in 

 strong cover, though an unusually high-couraged one 

 may occasionally be found, who will dash forward in 

 defiance of pricks and scratches ; but it is not fair to 

 expect it. In a very light cover I have often shot over 

 one belonging to a relation of mine, which was so clever, 

 that when I came close to her as she was pointing, she 



* I leave these two anecdotes, contrary to my usual system, aa 

 we use setters and pointers so generally in cover in America, that 

 the idea of their being utterly unfit for cover work seems strange 

 Yet such is the opinion in England, and where they are chiefly used 

 in the open it does operate to spoil their range. H. W. H. 



