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INDEX. 



Railway whistles, 507. 



"Range." See "Beat." 



" Rating" dogs, how best done, 188. 



Rats, dogs for gun not to kill, 130. 



Red-legged partridges, headed, 527. 



destroyed, 535 n. 

 Red setters, Irish, 565. 

 Refinements. See Accomplishments. 

 Belays desirable -not a pack, 248. 

 Requisites in a dog, 8 ; in a breaker, 6. 

 Retreat from point, &c. 512. 

 Retriever, bit for one that mouths, 117. 



evil of assisting, 115. 



"footing" scent, lesson in, 



112. 



for water, qualities in, 93. 



made whipper-in, 57. 



observes struck bird, 113. 



(regular), useful with beaters, 



550. 



(regular), to " down charge" 



or not? 119. 

 Retrievers, shape, &c. of, 125. 



to beat, 550. 



to fetch, taught, 108, &c. 



to pursue faster, 118. 



water, to fetch cripples first, 



553. 



how bred, 126. 

 Retrieving not taught first season, 538. 



setters or pointers not to 



"point dead," 548. 



setters, not pointers, 536. 

 Rewards always given, 27, 40. 

 Rheumatism prevented by care, 571. 

 Rice; wild lakes, duck-shooting in, 95. 

 "Richelieu," snipe-shooting, 277. 

 Rifle, rest for, 509 n. 



Right, the signal to go towards, 36. 

 Right-eyed, 65 n. App. 

 Right hand, for "Toho" and "Drop," 

 24. 



signals more than left, 142. 

 Road, exercise on, good for dogs, 566. 



" Reading, " instance of fine, 290292. 



by 6 dogs alternately, 251. 



by " Finder," 354. 

 Rope to tie dog, bad, 563. 

 Running bird, firing at, 308. 

 Rushing in to "dead" cured, 374. 

 Russian setter, dropper from, 498. 



SAFFRON removing fleas, 165 n. 



Salt for distemper, 579. 



Scent, bad in calm or gale, 174. 



differently recognised by pointers 



and setters, 174 n. 



of birds, not left for hare, 333. 



"footing" a, initiatory lesson in, 



43. 

 Scent of wounded and un wounded birds 



differs, 545. 

 Search " dead," 266 ; with 2 dogs, 544. 



for Wounded bird, when to lee- 

 ward, 309 ; when to windward, 307. 



Seeking dead, how taught, 313. 

 "Self-hunting," prevent, 564. 



September, dog taken out in, 171. 



day's lesson continued, 259. 

 Servant useful in field, 282. 

 Seton proved useful, 123. 

 Setter, stanch sum paid for, 382. 



to retrieve, 536 ; argument 

 against applies to retriever, 549. 



Setters crouch more than pointers, 23. 



Duke of Gordon's breed, 237. 



for cover shooting, 87. 

 Setters, points in, 137, 187, 364, 537. 



red the Irish breed, 565. 

 Setters' feet better than pointers', 187. 

 Severity reprobated, 9, 344. 



Sheep, killing of cure, 387390. 

 Sheep-stealing. Bloodhounds, 537 n. 

 Shepherds' dogs, 143, 163, 415. 



"forward" signal^ for water 



retrievers, 91. 



Shooting, excellence in, not necessary 

 in breaker, 5, 253. 



hints to tyros, 65 n. App. 

 Shot-belt, nozzle lengthened, 65 n. App. 



on spaniels and setters, 60, 329. 

 Shot over, dog to be, before bought, 372. 

 Showman's dogs in Paris, 434, &c. 



Shy birds intercepted, 284, 400, 525, 533. 



Sight, dog not to be out of, 386. 



Silence enjoined, 7, 172, 473. 



Sinews of legs drawn, 345 n. 



Single-handed, shot to, 375. 



Sloe, gum of, 165 n. 



Slow dog, associate for young one, 350. 



dogs hunting more than faster, 257. 

 Snipe, condition of, 236 n. 



grouse dog rated noticing, 497. 



killed off, 396. 



Snipes, three, lifted in succession, 546. 

 Snipe-shooting on Richelieu, 277. 

 Snipe-shot who never used dog, 394 ; 



who used one constantly, 395. 

 Spaniel puppies, keep close, 59. 

 Spaniels, age when shown game, 62. 



babbling occasionally best, 84. 



hunted in gorse, 61. 



mute, preferred, 83. 



numbers for a team, 74, 77. 



requisites in, 70. 



shot-belt on wildest, 60. 



Sussex, 236. 



that pointed, 68. 



water, how broken in, 90. 

 Spike-collar, 300, &c. 



Spike fastened to check-cord, 281, 335. 

 Sportsmen to break dogs, 3, 408, 4oy. 

 Spring, dogs broken in, 170. 

 Springing the other birds after pointing 



one, 373. 



Stanch made too, by heading, 287. 

 St. John's old woman's dog, 559 n. 

 Stoat, range of, 283 and n. App. 

 Stone, error of retrieving, 103. 

 Summary imparted by lessons, 141. 

 Sussex spaniel, 236. 

 "Suwarrow," heading running birds, 



530. 



T. 



"TAFFY, "-anecdotes of, 421430. 



