384 FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF 



rarely seen, except in a few localities difficult of access, of 

 near their dens. 



A word or two regarding the best mode of raising and 

 training good hunting-dogs ; which is one of the essen- 

 tials for a hunter to know : 



Take a half-blooded pup, a cross between the bulldog 

 and the greyhound, feed him well, — for a starved pup 

 will surely be a thief, — and when he is able to follow you 

 to the field, make him lie down at your feet, and do not 

 allow him to rise until he is told. When he gets a rod or 



two from you, either make him return, or wait till you come 

 ap with him, and then make him lie down again. In all 

 cases where he does his duty caress him, and he will soon 

 learn to love his master ; after which he will not be afraid, 

 and mil away to avoid correction. Whip but lightly, until 

 you have so trained the dog that you can depend on his 

 obedience to your command to stop, or to return at your 

 order. When you have taught him this, you may venture 

 a little more severity, according to the offence ; and when 

 he is taken to the woods he must be first taught to trail 

 his game ; for if a deer is wounded he should trail it care- 

 fully, going but a step or two before his master, until the 

 game is killed. When the master can see the deer which 

 he has killed, he should let the pup go towards the car- 

 cass, and then call him back ; then, advancing a little 

 nearer, he "hould let him go to the deer a second time, and 



