CH. viii. J BEAT OF TWO DOGS. 143 



239. You should attempt it (on entering the field to 

 leeward, as before directed) by making one dog go straight 

 a-head of you to the distance which you wish the parallel 

 lines to be apart from each other, before you cast him 

 off (say) to the right ; then cast off his companion to 

 the left. If the dogs are nearly equal in pace, the one 

 a-head, so long as he does not fancy he winds game, 

 should continue to work on a parallel more advanced 

 than the other. 



240. Should you not like to relinquish, for the sake 

 of this formal precision, the chance of a find in the 

 neglected right-hand corner of the field, cast off one 

 dog to the right, the other to the left on entering it, 

 and make the one that soonest approaches his hedge 

 take the widest sweep (turn), and so be placed in the 

 advanced parallel. 



241. With regard to hunting more than a brace 

 when your difficulties wonderfully multiply your own 

 judgment must determine in what manner to direct 

 their travelling powers to the greatest advantage. Much 

 will depend upon the different speed of the dogs; the 

 number you choose, from whim or otherwise, to hunt ; 

 the kind of country you beat ; and the quantity and 

 sort of game you expect to find. It is, however, certain 

 you must wish that each dog be observant of the direc- 

 tion in which your face is turned, in order that he may 

 guide his own movements by yours ; that he from time 

 to time look towards you to see if you have any com- 

 mands ; and that he be ever anxious to obey them. 



Herbert writes as follows, in his work on shooting in the United 

 States : * his words ought to have influence, for manifestly he is 

 a good sportsman ; but I own I cannot quite agree with him as to 



Entitled, " Field Sports in the United States and British 

 Provinces, by Frank Forester." 



