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INDEX. 



Independence imparted, 375. 



India, 444, 446, &c. 



Indian-corn meal, 568. 



Initiatory lessons, important, 12, 17, 52, 

 134, 14J0 



Inoculation for distemper, 572 n. 



INSTANCE OF breaking highly, 251, 395, 

 499 .-coolness and courage, 449468 ; 

 cunning in grouse, 229 ; in pheasant, 

 232, 236 ; in monkeys, 431 n. ; dog's 

 Larking at point, 521 ; dog's behaving 

 well first day, 139, 280 ; dog's forcing 

 game to gun, 89 ; dog's pointing after 

 the shot, 275 ; dog's intercepting, 

 206, 527, 530 ; dog's manner showing 

 birds on the run, 295, 530 ; dog's 

 pointing on his back, 199 ; dog's 

 pointing on fence, 200 ; dog's de- 

 taining with paw, 319 ; dog's retreat- 

 ing from and resuming point, 286, 517, 

 519, 520 ; dog's retrieving snipe he 

 would not point, 318 ; dog's retrieving 

 duck, though detesting water, 320 ; 

 dog's running riot from jealousy, 343 ; 

 dog's running riot only out of sight, 

 386 ; dog's running to heel, but not 

 blinking, 195 ; dog's slipping off and 

 replacing collar, 431 n. ; dog's stanch- 

 ness high price it commanded, 382 ; 

 dog's stanchness to excess, point 

 made three times, 289 jy-dog, though 

 never retrieving, bringing lost bird, 

 97 ; dog's walking to mallard from a 

 distance, 93 n. ; dog's walking from 

 a distance to object he seeks, 216 ; 

 dogs alternately retrieving as ordered, 

 542 ; dropper's alternately pointing 

 grouse and snipe, 497 ; example being 

 useful, 352 ; good snipe-shot who 

 always used a dog, 395 ; good snipe- 

 shot who never used a dog, 394 ; 

 longevity and vigour, 226 ; old dog 

 proving of great value, 228 New- 

 foundlands finding their vessels amidst 

 many, 218, 219 ; pointer's hunting 

 with hounds or standing snipe, 495 ; 

 pointer's superior nose, 366 ; 

 pointer standing at partridge while 

 carryinghare, 546 ; pot-hunting ruin- 

 ing dog, 373 : prices dogs fetch, 137, 

 237, 254, 379, 382, 500 : retriever 

 bolting partridge because interfered 

 with, 540 ; retriever losing birds 

 from not delivering into hand, 98 ; 

 retriever killing one bird to carry two, 

 100 ; retriever never disturbing fresh 

 ground, 552 ; retriever ranging spon- 

 taneously, 551 ; retriever tracking 

 wounded through other game, 547 ; 

 retriever running direct to hidden 

 object, 216; " reading" well per- 

 formed by young dog, 290; setter 

 facing about, on birds running, 295, 

 530 ; setter's superior nose, 369; 

 setter's standing fresh birds while 

 carrying dead one, 546 ; spaniels 

 pointing, 68, 551 ; young dogs be- 

 having well first day shown game, 

 139, 280. 



Instinct and reason contrasted 432. 

 Instincts hereditary', 128, 137, 279. 

 Ireland. Snipe, Woodcock. 397, 565. 

 Isle-aux-Noix, good conduct of dog. 

 395. 



JESSE'S opinion of dogs, 431. 



KANGAROOS, Greyhounds, 469. 

 Keeper, advice in choosing, 586 n. 

 Keeper, feeding several dogs, 30. 



to teach accomplishments, 555. 

 Keeper's dogs for vermin and poachers, 



283 n. App. 537 n. 588 n. 

 Keepers dislike this book, 588. 



blameable for bad dogs, 4. 



idle, dislike clogs of energy, 193. 



rival, bet respecting, 499. 

 Kennel, dog in, when not with you, 563. 

 Kennels in India and England, 570. 

 Keys, retrievers taught with, 106. 



- "Medor's," bringing, 418. 

 Killed outright evil of thinking, 311. 

 Killing fowls - the remedy, 392. 



sheep cure attempted, 387, <fcc. 

 Kitchen, dog not allowed run of, 563. 

 Knox on rearing Pheasants, 407 n. App. 



L. 



LADIES, breaking for gun, 166. 



- no control over dogs, 147. 

 Ladies' Pets pampered, 163. 

 Learned dog in Paris, 435 ; St. John's, 



561. 

 Leeward, beat from, 201. 



dog's beat from without gun, 



522. 



Left hand signals, "Down charge," 24. 

 less than right, 142. 

 Left side of dog, keep on, 285. 

 " Left," signal for dog to go to, 36. 

 Lending dog injudicious, 584. 

 Lesson left off when well repeated, 96. 

 Lessons, initiatory, reasonable, 12, 17, 



52, 134. 



_ _ walking in fields, 131. 

 "Lifting" a dog, 309, 533, 546. 

 Lion bearded in his den, 465. 

 Liver, hard-boiled, 116. 

 Loins and feet compared, 137. 

 Longevity and vigour in a setter, 226. 



Lord M 's setter facing about on 



birds running, 295, 530. 



MAJOR B d's well-broken dogs, 250. 



Mange mutton instead of beef, 569. 

 Mare making colts swim, 352 n. 

 Markers used with spaniels, 81. 

 Meat recommended for dogs, 569. 

 Medicine, how easily given, 580. 

 Memory in horse, 221 n. 

 Militia 'regiment treeing, 200 n. 



