SPORTING TERMS. 33 



1. Toho ! 7. Seek dead ! find dead bird 1 



2. Down charge ! 8. Fetch ! 



3. Back or heel ! 9. Drop, sir ! 



4. Steady ! steady there ! 10. To mouth a bird. 



5. Go on ! on ! 11. To run wild. 



6. Hold up ! up ! 



EXPLANATION OF THE ABOVE TERMS. 



1. To make pointers or setters come to a stand. 



2. " " " He down while loading. 



3. " " " go behind. 



4. " " " careful when game is about. 



5. " " " rise a term of encouragement 



6. " " " hold his head up so as to wind the game. 



7. " " " look for a dead bird. 



8. " " " bring the dead bird. 



9. " " " deliver up the dead bird. 



10. To bite or chew a bird severely. 



11. To run heedlessly, without caution. 



By a pair is understood two of the same kind or species united or paired by 

 nature, male and female. Therefore, how evidently wrong it is to say a pair 

 of pointers, or a pair of setters! 



By a couple, or brace, is understood the involuntary union of two individual 

 companions of the same species, either by a chain, noose, or tic. 



PARTRIDGES. 



A covey of partridges or birds. A brace and a half of partridges or 



A brace of " " birds. 



To spring or flush " " 



GROUSE. 



A brood of grouse. A leash of grouse. 



A pack of " To raise a 



A brace of " 



WOODCOCKS. 



A couple of woodcocks. A flight or fall of woodcocks. 



A couple and a half of woodcocks. To flush or start a woodcock. 



SNIPE OR PLOVER. 



A. wisp or walk of snipes. A couple and a half 01 snipes 01 



A wing or congregation of plovers. plovers. 



A couple of snipes or plovers. To spring a snipe or plover. 



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