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7. That a wave of the right arm and hand the arm 

 being fully extended and well to the right from 

 left to right, means that he is to hunt to the 

 right. Some men wave the iSft hand across the 

 body from left to right, as a direction to the dog 

 to hunt to the right; but that signal is not so 

 apparent at a distance as the one I have described 

 (32). 



vi. That a wave of the left arm from right to left 

 the arm being fully extended and well to the left 

 means that he is to hunt to the left (33). 

 vn. That the " Beckon," the wave of the right hand 

 towards you, indicates that he is to hunt towards 

 you (33. See also 67). 



nil. That the word "Heel," or a wave of the right 

 hand to the rear the reverse of the underhand 

 cricket-bowler's swing, implies that he is to give 

 up hunting, and go directly close to your heels 

 (40). 



ix. That " Fence" means that he is not to leave the 

 place where you are. After being so checked a 

 few times when he is endeavoring to quit the 

 field, he will understand the word to be an order 

 not to " break fence" (42, 43). 



x. That " Find" or " Seek*' means that he is to search 

 for something which he will have great gratifica- 

 tion in discovering. When he is in the field he 

 will quickly understand this to be game (30, 31). 



XT. That " Dead'' which it would be well to accom- 



