24 "UP." NOSE CARRIED HIGH. [en. in. 



employing the word " Up," as a command that he is to 

 sniff high in the air to find the hidden bread or meat, 

 lying, say on a shelf, or on the back of a sofa. He will-, 

 comparatively speaking, be some time in acquiring a 

 knowledge of the meaning of the word, and many would 

 probably term it an over-refinement in canine education ; 

 but I must own I think you will act judiciously, if you 

 teach it perfectly in the initiatory lessons ; for the word 

 " Up," if well understood, will frequently save your 

 putting on the puzzle-peg. For this you would be 

 obliged to employ, should your dog prove disobedient 

 and be acquiring the execrable habit of " raking " as it 

 is termed, instead of searching for the delicious effluvia 

 with his nose carried high in the air. Colonel Hawker 

 much recommends the puzzle-peg, but I confess I would 

 not fetter the dog by using it, unless compelled by his 

 hereditary propensity to hunt-foot. 

 . 42. Whenever birds can be sought for in the wind, 

 the dog should thus hunt the field (and the higher he 

 carries his nose the better), for, independently of the 

 far greater chance of finding them, they will allow the 

 dog to come much nearer, than when he approaches 

 them by the foot : but of this more anon. (185, 186.) 



43. Setters and Pointers naturally hunt with their 

 noses sufficiently close to the ground, they want ele- 

 vating rather than depressing. Notwithstanding, you 

 will do well to show your pupil a few times out of doors, 

 how to work out a scent, by dragging a piece of bread 

 unperceived by him down wind through grass, and then 

 letting him " foot " it out. Try him for a few yards at 

 first ; you can gradually increase the length of the drag. 

 You must not, however, practise this initiatory lesson 

 too frequently, lest you give him the wretched custom 

 of pottering. 



