40 lewis' AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



1. Toho! 



2. Down charge ! 



3. Back or heel ! 



4. Steady ! steady there ! 



5. Go on ! on ! 



6. Hold up ! up ! 



7. Seek dead ! find dead Bird ! 



8. Fetch! 



9. Drop, sir! 



10. To mouth a Bird. 



11. To run wild. 



EXPLANATION OF THE ABOVE TERMS. 



1. To make Pointers or Setters come to a stand. 



2. " " " lie down while loading. 



3. " " " go behind. 



4. " " " careful when game is about. 



5. " " " rise — a term of encourage- 



ment. 



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 

 ivrong it is to say a pair of Pointers^ or a pair of Setters. 



By a coiqyle, or hrace^ is understood the involuntary union of 

 two individual companions of the same species, either by a 

 chain, noose, or tie. 



PARTRIDGES. 



A covey of Partridges or Birds. 

 A brace of " " 



A brace and a half of " " 



To spring or flush " " 



