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17. Pointers are better adapted for early shooting than setters ; 

 but, when the weather is cool, give us the never-flagging, never-to- 

 be-stopped setter. 



18. Flush the game yourself; never allow your dogs to do it. 



19. Mark the covey as it goes off. Pay no heed to the dea* 1 

 birds ; your dogs ought to find them. 



20. When a bird towers and falls suddenly, he is struck in the 

 head. 



