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281. You may, for a moment, think that what is here 

 recommended contradicts the axiom laid down in 255 ; 

 hut it is there said, that nothing ought to make a dog 

 u voluntarily " leave his point. Indeed, the possession 

 of this accomplishment, so far from being productive of 

 any harm, greatly awakens a dog's intelligence, and 

 makes him perceive, more clearly than ever, that the 

 bole object for which he is taken to the field is to obtain 

 shots for the gun that accompanies him. When he is 

 pointing on your side of a thick hedge, it will make him 

 understand why you call him off; take him down wind, 

 and direct him to jump the fence : he will at once go to 

 the bird, and, on your encouraging him, force it to rise 

 on your side. 



282. You will practise this lesson, however, with great 

 caution, and not before his education is nearly completed, 

 lest he imagine that you do not wish him always to 

 remain stanch to his point. Indeed, if you are precipitate, 

 or injudicious, you may make him blink his game. 



283. After a little experience, he will very likely some 

 day satisfactorily prove his consciousness of your object, 

 by voluntarily coming out of thick cover to show you 

 where he is, and again going in and resuming his point. 



TO HUNT REGULARLY FROM LEEWARD TO WINDWARD 

 WITHOUT THE GUN. 



284. In paragraph 147 I observed, that when you are 

 obliged, as occasionally must be the case, to enter a 

 field to windward with your pupil, you ought to .erp 



