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the everlasting-legged partridge; * and, indeed, generally, 

 how to draw upon his birds, and with confidence lead you 

 to a shot, when they are upon the move and running 

 down wind. See end of 98 ; and for further directions, 

 and for "seeking dead" with two dogs, look at 296. 

 The heavy Spanish pointer, from his plodding per- 

 severance and great olfactory powers, was an excellent 

 hand at retrieving a slightly injured bird on a broiling, 

 bad scenting day. 



214. When I advised you 180 to let the dog " have 

 plenty of time to make out the bird," I spoke from per- 

 sonal experience, and from a vivid recollection of errors 

 committed in my novitiate. A young hand is too apt to 

 imagine that every bird which falls to his gun is killed 

 outright, and lying dead on the spot where it fell. He 

 will, therefore, often impatiently, and most injudiciously, 

 call away the dog who, at a little distance, may have 

 hit-off the trail of the winged bird, and be " footing " it 

 beautifully. 



215. If in tfiese lessons you should lose one or two 

 wounded birds, though it might not be a matter of any 

 moment to yourself personally, it would be extremely 

 vexatious on the dog's account, because, in this early 

 stage of his education, it would tend to discourage him. 

 The feeling which you must anxiously foster in him is 



* The speed with which one of these extremely beautifal, but in 

 every other respect far, far inferior partridges will run, when 

 only slightly wounded, is quite marvellous. 



