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scent without expecting him to do the same when next 

 lie finds ; and if, in compliance with your orders, he 

 points, you are making a fool of him there is nothing 

 before him ; and if he does not fancy you as be- 

 wildered as himself, he will imagine that the ex- 

 hilarating effluvia he rejoices in is the sum total you 

 both seek. This advice, at first sight, may appear to 

 contradict that given in 111 and 209; but look again, 

 and you will find that those paragraphs referred to 

 peculiar cases. Should your young dog be loitering and 

 sniffing at a haunt which he has seen birds quit, he cannot 

 well mistake the meaning of your calling out, " Gone, 

 gone." 



CHAPTER XII. 



SHOOTING HARES. COURAGE IMPARTED. " BACKING " 



TAUGHT. 



230. PROBABLY you may be in a part of the country 

 where you may wish to kill hares to your dog's point. 

 I will, therefore, speak about them, though I confess 

 I cannot do it with much enthusiasm. Ah ! my English 

 friend, what far happier autumns we should spend could 

 we but pass them in the Highlands ! Then we should 

 think little about those villanous hares. We should direct 



