192 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



turn them out well-broken dogs. The only 

 dogs I could never do anything with were 

 those whose spirit had been thrashed out of 

 them, or who had been made thoroughly gun- 

 shy ; all the patience and skill I possessed was 

 ineffectual with those sort of dogs, and I used 

 either to destroy them or return them to their 

 owners. 



Young keepers, when they first take this 

 difficult branch of their duties in hand, would 

 do well to attend carefully to what I have said 

 about the whip. If a man has a hasty and 

 violent temper, however clever he may be, he 

 ought not to attempt to break dogs. With 

 regard to young dogs, most especially I say, 

 " Leave the whip at home," 



