LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



VARIOUS EETRIEVERS Frontispiece. 



SCENE NEAR WALTHAM ABBEY, 1st Sept. 1847 . . Title-page, r 



OLD-FASHIONED ENGLISH SETTER, EETRIEVERS, ONE A CROSS 

 WITH BLOODHOUND. (Lesson VIII. Par. 141) . . . . Page 25 



THE CHECK 'HOLD HARD!' 30 



A FOUR-LEGGED WHIPPER-IN 33 



CLUMBERS. (Lesson III. Par. 141) 43 



WILD SPANIELS. (Lesson XII. Par. 141) 47 



IRISH WATER SPANIEL. (Lesson I. Par. 141) 53 



INCLINED TO 'EAT' 77- 



BROACHING A BARREL 84 



DEAF TO THE VOICE OF PERSUASION 90- 



A SOLICITOR 91- 



EEPLETE WITH GOOD THINGS 95 - 



BACKING THE GUN AGAINST THE BIRD 117 



SAFELY MOORED, 'STEM' AND 'STERN' 121 



"STIFF BY THE TAINTED GALE WITH OPEN NOSE 



OUTSTRETCHED AND FINELY SENSIBLE" ....... 124 ~~ 



A DOG-FISH 125 



"SMALL, ACTIVE POINTER." (Lesson IX. Par. 141) ... 131 



"SHORT-LEGGED STRONG-LOINED SUSSEX SPANIEL." (Lesson 



XV. Par. 141) 137 



