104 INSTRUCTIONS IN RANGING. [on. vr. 



will alarm the birds, study to do all, as far as is 

 practicable, by signals. You wish your wave of the 

 left arm to make the dog turn to the left (his head 

 to the wind), and that he should run parallel to the side 

 of the hedge for some yards (say from thirty to forty) 

 before he makes his second turn to the left to cross the 

 field ; but you must expect him to turn too directly 

 towards you on your first signal to turn. Should he 

 by any rare chance have made the turn (the first one) 

 correctly, and thus be hunting up-wind, on no account 

 interrupt him by making any signals until he has run 

 up the distance you wish, (the aforesaid thirty or forty 

 yards,) then again catch his eye, and, as before (not 

 now, however, faced towards him and the hedge, but 

 faced towards your true direction), by a wave of the 

 left arm endeavour to make him tarn to the left (across 

 the wind). If, contrary to what you have a right to 

 suppose, he will not turn towards you on your giving a 

 whistle and wave of your hand, stand still, and continue 

 whistling eventually he will obey. But you must not 

 indulge in the faintest hope that all I have described 

 will be done correctly ; be satisfied at first with an 

 approach towards accuracy ; you will daily find an 

 improvement, if you persevere steadily. When you 

 see that there is but little chance of his turning the 

 way you want, at once use the signal more consonant 

 to his views, for it should be your constant endeavour 

 to make him fancy that he is always ranging according 

 to the directions of your hands. Be particular in at- 

 tending to this hint. 



176. His past tuition (38) most probably will have 

 accustomed him to watch your eye for directions, there- 

 fore it is not likely, even should he have made a wrong 

 turn near the hedge (a turn down-wind instead of up- 



