CHAPTEE XIII. 



HINTS TO PURCHASERS. PRICE OF DOGS. SHEEP KILLING. 



331. The "back" being taught young Dog again hunted alone. 362. Break ershun 

 too many together. Why injudicious. 363. One hour's Instruction alone, better 

 than a day's in company. 364. Horse's value little dependent on Education 

 Dog's greatly. Many good points in Dog, similar to those in Horse ; in Note, 

 Frame of Pony studied. Arab proverbs. Admirable receipt for putting hard 

 flesh on Horse. Hoof Ointment. 365. Hints to Dog-purchasers. Tenderness 

 of Nose, how judged of. 366 to 368. Instance of great superiority of Nose in 

 Pointer on bad scenting Day. 369. Ditto in Setter. 370. In Breeding, Nose 

 sought for in both parents. 371. Good Dog, like good Horse, not suited to all 

 countries. 372. Purchasing a Brace of Dogs, before buying shoot over. 373. 

 Case in Point. 374. Rushing in to "dead," how cured. 375. Dogs shot over 

 "single-handed." Jealousy decreases with intimacy. Independence and self- 

 reliance, how imparted. 376. Good Breeding and Breaking command good 

 Prices. 377 to 379. Great Sums realized at Tattersall's for thirteen highly-bred 



Pointers. 380. Small sums unknown Dogs fetch. 381. Mr. C t's Dogs half 



a sovereign each. 382. Immense price given for stanch Setter. 383. Best Dogs ; 

 summary of rules for making, concisely given. The best will make mistakes. 

 384. Companionship with man makes Dog useful servant. 385. Tweed-side 

 Spaniel and blind man. 386. Dog that always ran riot when out of sight. 

 387. Killing Sheep; cure attempted. 388. Another plan. 389. Third attempt 



at Remedy. 390. Sir H n S d's recipe. 391. Muzzle Dog likely to worry 



Sheep. 392. Killing Fowls ; the cure. 



361. WHEN your dog has been properly taught the 

 "back," fail not to recommence hunting him alone, if 

 it is your object to establish a perfect range. 



362. Professional dog-breakers, I have remarked, 

 almost invariably hunt too many dogs together. This 

 arises, I suppose, from the number which they have to 

 train; but the consequence is, that the younger dogs are 

 spectators rather than actors, and, instead of ranging 

 independently in search of game, are watching the 

 manoeuvres of their older associates. 



