CH. XIV.] 



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he would, if he chose the trouble of it. I do not think there is any 

 profession, trade, or occupation, in which a good education would 

 not be of service ; and hunting, notwithstanding that it is at present 

 exercised by such as have not had an education, might without 





SCENE FROM 'CRIPPLE-GAIT.' 'GAME' TO THE LAST. -Par. 411. 



doubt be carried on much better by those that have. I will venture 

 to say fewer faults would be committed, nor is it probable the same 

 faults would be committed over and over again as they now are. 

 Huntsmen never reason by analogy, nor are they much benefited by 

 experience." I fear we may say the same of the generality of 

 keepers, for decidedly dog-breaking has not kept pace with the 

 manifest improvements in other arts. Few brigades indeed few 



dogs are now-a-days broken like. Major B d's (251), or Captain 



J n's (542). But I do not intend to say it is necessary ; all 



that is merely for show might be advantageously dispensed with. 



414. It is hard to imagine what it would be impossible to teach 

 a dog, did the attainment of the required accomplishment suffi- 

 ciently recompense the instructor's trouble. Most of us have heard 

 of the celebrated dog " Munito," who, at some private signal from 

 his master, quite imperceptible to the spectator, would select from 

 a pack of out-spread cards that which the spectator had named to 

 the master in a whisper, or merely written on a piece of paper. 



