CHAPTER VII. 



FIRST LESSONS IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CAUTION. NATURE'S 

 MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES. 



190. Dog to be hunted alone. 191. Many Breakers exactly reverse this ; it expedites 

 an inferior education, but retards a superior. 192. Turnips, Potatoes, &c., 

 avoided. Range of Dogs broken on moors most true. 193. In Turnips, &c., 

 young Dogs get too close to birds. 194. Cautious Dogs may with advantage be 

 as fast as wild ones ; the two contrasted ; in Note, injudiciousness of teaching 

 a Puppy to "point" Chickens. 195. Instance of a Dog's running to "heel," 

 but not "blinking," on finding himself close to birds. 196. A Dog's Nose can- 

 not be improved, but his caution can, which is nearly tantamount ; how effected. 

 197. How to make fast Dogs cautious. 198. The cause why wild Dogs ulti- 

 mately turn out best. 199. Dog tumbling over and pointing on his Back. 

 200. Dog pointing on top of high-log Fence at quail in tree ; in Note, Militia 

 Regiment that sought safety by taking to Trees. 201. The day's Beat com- 

 menced from leeward. 202. Wondrous Dogs, which find Game without hunting. 



203. Colonel T y*s opinion. 204 to 209. His dog " Grouse," that walked up 



direct to her Game. 210. "Grouse's" portrait. 211 to 213. Probable solution 

 of " Grouse's" feat ; in Note, why high nose finds most game. 214. Reason why 

 Dogs should be instructed separately, and allowed Time to work out a Scent ; 

 young dogs generally too much hurried. 215. Mysterious Influences. 216. Re- 

 triever that runs direct to hidden object. 217. Not done by nose. 218. New. 

 foundland that always swam back to his own Ship. 219. Another that did the 



same. 220. Now belongs to the Duke of N k. 221. Cats and Dogs carried 



off in baskets, finding their way back ; Nature's Mysteries inexplicable. In 

 Note, instance of extraordinary memory in a Horse. 



190. IF it is your fixed determination to confirm 

 your dog in the truly-killing range described in the last 

 Chapter, do not associate him for months in the field 

 with another dog, however highly broken. It would be 

 far better to devote but two hours per diem to your 

 pupil exclusively, than to hunt him the whole day with 

 a companion. 



191. Many breakers do exactly the reverse of this. 

 They take out an old steady ranger, with the intention 

 that he shall lead the young dog, and that the latter, 

 from imitation and habit, shall learn how to quarter his 



