528 DOG-BKEAKING. 



he will merely gallop and frisk about, and probably will 

 take diligently to persecuting butterflies. Let him 

 choose what he likes. Don't think he will prize small 

 beer, when he can get champagne. He will leave off 

 noticing inferior articles as he becomes conversant with 

 the taste of game. It is now your main object to get 

 him to hunt ; no matter what, so that he is not per- 

 petually running to " heel." And the more timid he is 

 the more you must let him chase, and amuse himself as 

 his fancy dictates. When you see that he is really oc- 

 cupying himself with more serious hunting, eagerly 

 searching for small birds, especially larks, you must begin 

 instructing him how to quarter his ground to the greatest 

 advantage, under your constant direction. Should any 

 one join you, or anything occur likely to prevent your 

 giving him your strictest attention, on no account per- 

 mit him to range keep him to " heel " until you are 

 quite prepared to watch and control all his movements. 

 Hunt him where he is least likely to find game, for he 

 will take to quartering his ground far more regularly, 

 under your guidance, where his attention, is least dis- 

 tracted by any scent. The taint of partridge would be 

 almost sure to make him deviate from the true line on 

 which you are anxious he should work. Labor now 

 diligently, if possible daily, though not for many hours 



injury to her constitution, she could not have been hunted for more 

 than an hour or two at a time. She ought not to have been taken 

 fc> the field for regular use until fully a year old. 



