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ruined for all practical purposes by a little careless- 

 ness in the beginning. 



"Now I come to the dog that, as soon as he hears 

 the report of the gun, quits his work; and here you 

 will see the value of keeping yourself concealed 

 from him when you fire, for if he is frightened, the 

 minute he quits his work, he will look for you, his 

 master. If, on the other hand, he understands that 

 this awful noise proceeds from you, he will be very 

 apt to prefer your room to your company, and will 

 not infrequently scud for home. I will suppose, 

 however, that you have followed out my plan and 

 the pup does not connect you in any way with the 

 noise, then you should run to where he was driving, 

 calling to him and endeavoring to excite him to run 

 again. The chances are that you will succeed and 

 get him to work again. Let him finish his hunting 

 today without any more shooting, and on the fol- 

 lowing day or the next day you take him out, re- 

 peat, and you will soon accustom him to the light, 

 then the full charges. I believe this plan would be 

 equally effectiA^e on setters, and it is certainly much 

 better than fish horns and tin pans. Your pup will 

 now go out with you and drive his rabbit and let 

 you shoot it ahead of him, if you wish, and will 

 come to you when called, and not on the trail, and 

 here is where I think some of your readers make 



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