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accuracy is, of course, never to be attained, but tne 

 closer you approach the better. 



158. You should attempt it on entering the field to 

 leeward, as before directed by making one dog go 

 straight ahead of you to the distance which you wish 

 the parallel lines to be apart from each other, before 

 you cast him off say to the right ; then cast off his 

 companion to the left. If the dogs are nearly equal in 

 pace, the one ahead, so long as he does not fancy he 

 winds game, should continue to work on a parallel more 

 advanced than the other. 



159. Should you not like to relinquish, for the sake of 

 this formal precision, the chance of a find in the neglect- 

 ed right-hand corner of the field, cast off one dog to the 

 right and the other to the left, on entering it, and make 

 the one that soonest approaches his hedge take the 

 widest sweep turn and so be placed in the advanced 

 parallel. 



160. With regard to hunting more than a brace 

 when your difficulties wonderfully multiply your own 

 judgment must determine in what manner to direct 

 their travelling powers to the greatest advantage. 

 Much will depend upon the different speed of the dogs ; 

 the number you choose from whim, or otherwise, to hunt; 

 the kind of country you beat ; and the quantity and 

 sort of game you expect to find. It is, however, certain 

 you must wish that each dog be observant of the direc- 

 tion in which your face is turned, in order that he may 

 guide his own movements by yours; that he from time 



