CH. v.] NAMES DISSIMILAR IN SOUND. 89 



" Good ; " and, moreover, be sensible, from your 

 look and manner, whether you are pleased or 

 angry with him. Dogs, like children, are phy- 

 siognomists (40, end of 134). 



142. You will perceive that you are advised to use 

 the right hand more than the left. This is only because 

 the left hand is so generally employed in carrying the 

 gun. 



143. By often and uniformly employing the signals I have named, 

 you will find it more easy to place your pupil, and make him hunt 

 exactly where you wish, than you may at first suppose. In an open 

 country the movements of sheep are entirely controlled by dogs ; and 

 if you never have had the opportunity of observing it, you would be 

 no less surprised than interested at witnessing with what accuracy 

 a shepherd, standing on a hill side, can, by the motions of his hand 

 and arm, direct his dog to distant points in the valley below. If 

 you could see it, you would be satisfied it was not by harsh means 

 that he obtained such willing, cheerful obedience. His signals to 

 the right, left, and inwards, are very similar to those just described. 

 He, however, instructs his dog to go further ahead, by using his 

 hand and arm as in the action of throwing, but keeping an open 

 palm towards the animal (the arm raised high) : a signal undenia- 

 bly more visible at a distance than the one named in iv. of 141, 

 though not generally so well suited to the sportsman. 



144. You will also observe, that when the voice is 

 employed (and this should be done only when the clog 

 will not obey your signals), I have recommended you to 

 make use of but one word. Why should you say, 

 "Come to heel," "Ware breaking fence," "Have a care?" 

 If you speak in sentences, you may at times uncon- 

 sciously vary the words of the sentence, or the emphasis 

 on any word ; and as it is only by the sound that you 

 should expect a dog to be guided, the more defined and 

 distinct in sound the several commands are, the better. 



145. This consideration leads to the remark that, as, 

 by nearly universal consent, "Toho" is the word em- 

 ployed to tell a dog to point, the old rule is clearly a 

 judicious one, never to call him " Ponto," " Sancho," or 



