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enabled to walk tip to him, and act as your judgment 

 directs. A few of these lessons will assuredly answer 

 the purpose. It is generally supposed, that dogs 

 broke in a mountainous country, or to grouse, have an 

 advantage over others in point of range; but much 

 of this depends upon the animal himself. 



Whenever young dogs rake, that is, hunt with their 

 noses close to the ground (and this frequently hap- 

 pens) recourse must generally be had to the puzzle 

 peg; though sometimes words will be sufficient. 

 These pegs should be ten or twelve inches in length; 

 and that part which comes under the dog's jaw 

 should be at least two inches broad, with a thin strap 

 of leather running horizontally through the thick end 

 of it, so as to buckle round the dog's neck ; and that 

 part immediately under his tusks must have a hole 

 bored through it, to admit of a slight thong of white 

 horse leather, which must be placed behind the ani- 

 mal's tusks, and tied underneath his jaw. With this 

 instrument fastened on, you may hunt him without 

 the smallest injury; and it will, most undoubtedly, 

 make him throw up his head well, and draw his game 

 better : by this means he will also be prevented from 

 mouthing, however good his inclination may be. 



At first putting on the puzzle peg, the dog will use 

 every effort to rid himself of so troublesome a com 

 panion; but, after finding all his exertions vain, he 

 will run with it. 



A dog that rakes with his nose, and follows the 

 game by the track, will never be worth keeping, un- 



