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been in their endeavours, to find out the 

 philosopher s stone, who hav^e wanted no- 

 thing to complete their long-wished-for ob- 

 ject but a perfect powder of projection. 

 However, Uke them, I do not despair ; but 

 shall labour on with assiduity, to find out 

 some composition, for the benefit of all bad 

 shots, which will make powder sJioot strait. 



The breed of doofs which I prefer, be- of the best 



^ . ^ breed of Dogs 



yond all others, are those which are bred Glme^"^^'"^ 

 between a setter and a pointer; but not 

 bred from those setters which have no na- 

 tural point in them ; for I have no idea of 

 shooting to a dog which does not stop at 

 birds the very first day he is taken into the 

 field. I have not had a setter, which was 

 broke by force, for above twenty years ; nor 

 ever will have one. Leave them at home 

 only one week ; for the next two days you 

 must turn to dog-breaking, and not to 

 shooting. I prefer those between a poin- 

 ter and a setter, which take after the setter ; 

 for, generally speaking, they have better 



