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INDEX. 



Breakers hunt too many, 191, 362. 



idle, dislike bold dogs, 198. 

 Breakers' accomplishments, 555. 

 "Breaking fence" prevented, 222. 

 Breeding and breaking, fetch money, 

 376. 



in and in, bad, 279. 



superior nose sought, 370. 

 Brougham's story of fox, of dog, 431 n. 

 Buck-hound, Beckford's story of, 559. 

 Bull, strike horns, 283 n. App. 

 Bull-dogs, keepers, 546 n. App. 



cross with, 137. 

 Bull-terrier, keeper's, 283 n. App. 

 Buying dogs. See Purchasers. 



C. 



CALLING constantly, injudicious, 148. 

 Cantelo on rearing birds, 407 n. App. 



"Captain," Lord M f s dog, 491. 



Cards selected by "Munito," 414, 436. 

 "Care," signal for, 39. 

 Carrots, for horses, 10, 11, 33. 

 "Carrying" and "fetching," differ, 153. 



how taught, 96, 109. 

 Cats and dogs returning home, 221. 

 " Caution," taught to fast dogs, 197. 



in excess, 287 ; cure for, 293 

 Cautious and wild dog contrasted, 194. 



dog, rarely too fast, 194. 

 Chain better than rope, 563. 

 Check-cord, 53, 54, 262, 282. 



spike to, 25, 281, 335. 

 Cheeta and antelopes, 284. 



how trained, 284 n. 

 Child lost, fed by dog, 432. 

 China Pheasant, cross with, end of note 



to 407, page 343. 



Circle wide when heading dog, 265. 

 Cirque National de Paris, 11. 

 Claws of dogs pared, 566 n. 

 Clothes, dog sleeping on, 167 n. 

 Clumber spaniels, 75. 

 Cock-shooting, 37, 84, 397. 

 Cocking, young man's pursuit, 72. 

 Cockroaches eaten by fowls, 407 n. 



App. 



Collar, a light one on dog, 259. 

 Collie dogs, 415, 516. 

 Colours for concealment, 93 n. 

 Commands given in a low tone, 20. 



understood before seeing 



game, 16. 

 Companion, dog to be yours, 18, 383,384. 



initiatory lessons with, 49, 

 51. 



Condition attended to, 566. 

 Consistency necessary, 6, 165, 278. 

 Coolness recommended, 278. 

 Couple to older dog, 29. 

 Couples, accustomed to, 48. 

 Courage created, 135, 347. 

 Cover, pointers in, 88. 

 Covers for game, 65 n. App. 

 Cricket, dogs made fag at, 150. 

 Cripples first retrieved, 553. 

 Cunning of old birds, 229. 



D. 



"DASH," a spaniel, described, 234. 

 Dead bird, blinking of, 267. 



lifted by you, error of, 98. 



loss of, discourages dog, 31'2. 



rushing into, 321, 374. 



search for, 266, 307, 309. 



search for, with two dogs, 544. 



the first killed, 265. 



to be pointed, 267 ; but not 



by retrieving setter or 

 pointer, 548. 



torn by dog, 322. 

 Dead, initiatory lesson in, 19, 34. 

 Diet considered, 567. 



Distance, whence birds are winded, 

 182, 183. 



between parallels, 181. 



dog's knowledge of, 285. 

 Distemper, pups inoculated for, 572. 



salt for, 579. 



vaccination for, 573, &c. 

 Diving, how taught, 105. 



Dogs, good, cheapest in the end, 137. 



shape, &c. of, 137, 187, 364, 537. 



shepherds', in France, 415. 



slow, beatingmore than faster, 327. 



unknown, fetch small sums, 380. 



wildest, most energetic, 53, 137. 



198. 



Dominos played at by dogs, 433, 441. 

 "Down" see "Drop." 

 "Down-charge," dog pointing, not to, 

 359. 



initiatory lesson in, 27, 



ingenious argument 



against, 316 n. 



why retrievers should, 



119. 



Draughts, the first to move wins, 158. 

 "Drop," a better word than "Down," 

 146. 



dog to, another dropping, 49. 



dog to, game rising, 328. 



initiatory lessons in, 23, 25, 26. 



unnatural, " Toho" natural, 24. 

 Dropper, pointing grouse or snipe, 497. 



by Russian setter, 498. 

 Duck emits a goodish scent, 94. 

 Duck. Wood-duck of America, 511. 

 Duck-shooting in wild rice, 95. 

 Ducks, wounded, first retrieved, 553. 

 Duke of Gordon's dogs, 237. 



E. 



EARS not pulled violently, 327. 

 Education, age when commence, 15. 



best conducted by one, 14. 



Beckford's opinion of, 558. 



commenced from A,B,C, 588. 



expeditious, economical, 13. 

 Elephant, critical encounter with, 450. 



skulls of, 462. 



tricks exhibited, 160. 

 Energy, wildest dogs have most, 53, 



137, 198. 

 Esquimaux dogs, and women, 169. 



crossed with wolf, 137. 



