CHAPTEE VIII. 



FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CUNNING OF AGE. 

 RANGE OF FROM TWO TO SIX DOGS. 



222. Your dog not to "break fence ;" how taught ; birds often sprung while you are 

 scrambling over hedge. 223. Turning one's back upon a dog to bring him away ; 

 stooping down, &c. to make him hunt close. 224. Dog, when fatigued, not to 

 be hunted; leads to false points. 225. Sent home, brushed, and allowed a warm 

 berth; not to follow all day at " heel." 226. Instance of longevity and vigour 

 flapper shooting. 227. Value of good old dogs. 228. Exemplified in an old 

 dropper on the moors. 229. Young dogs get thrown out; cunning of old birds 

 exemplified in a Grouse. 230. Annual "fall" of underwood in Kent. 231 



Mr. K g, good fisherman ; in Note, anecdote of voracity of pike. Wheatley's 



"Rod and Line." 232. Extraordinary chase after a wounded pheasant 233 

 Singular appearance of the pheasant on its capture. 234. Description of the 

 Spaniel "Dash." 235. Evil of "fetching," not having been taught in youth 

 exemplified. 236. Another instance of the cunning of an old Pheasant. In 

 Note, how to choose and tell age of Pheasants. 237. The last Duke of Gordon 

 his black setters; his shooting over old dogs. 238 to 240. Beat of two dogs 

 how regulated. 241. Whatever number be hunted, all should look to the gun 

 for orders; Mr. Herbert's opinion in his "Field Sports in United States." 

 242, 243. Beat of three dogs. 244. Of four dogs. 245 to 247. Of five or six 

 dogs. 248. Great precision impracticable, but the necessity of a system main- 

 tained ; System particularly essential where game is scarce ; dogs to be brigaded 

 not employed as a pack. 249. When each keeper hunts a brace. 250. Major 



B d's highly broken pointers. 251, 252. His making six alternately "road;' 



their running riot when ordered. 253. Not a good shot, which shows excellence 

 in shooting not to be essential in a breaker. 254. A brigade of fine rangers 

 worth from fifty to sixty guineas a brace. 255. Bad rangers afford some sport 



where game is plentiful; Captain R s' dogs on Quail. 256. Fastest walkers 



do not necessarily beat most country. 257. Nor do always the fastest dogs. 

 258. How slow dogs may hunt more ground than faster. 



222. Of course, you will not let your pupil " break 

 fence," or get out of your sight. If he be a small, active 

 pointer or setter he may be out of sight before you are 

 aware of it. Be on the watch to whistle or call out 

 " Fence/' the instant you perceive that he is thinking of 

 quitting the field. Do not wait until he is over ; check 

 him by anticipating his intentions. Should he, unper- 

 ceived, or in defiance of your orders, get into a field 



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