2G2 GUN, HOT), AND SADDLE. 



custom them to tlie roads, it will liflp to overcome 

 tlicir timidity and assist iiiliardeuing their feet. At six 

 or seven months they slionkl be familiar and conver- 

 sant with the more simple portions of tlieir education, 

 such as " down," " heel,"ctc.; and at about ten months 

 game can be sliown them; but on no account permit 

 them to do a day's work, ov exhaust tliemselves in 

 liunting, till six or seven months more are over their 

 lieads. As to speed, it is a common suj)position that 

 if a dog have a good nose he can not have too much 

 speed; but very fast dogs are apt to run over game, 

 and consequently flush it from tlie very rate they are 

 moving at. I have observed also that those who will 

 do the longest and severest day's work are less impet- 

 uous as a rule than others. When shooting i-egularly, 

 the dogs in use should always be kept in their kennel 

 exce[)t when in the field ; their associating liberty with 

 their work makes them more zealous and anxious to 

 please. On hunting days one good substanti:d meal, 

 immediately after reaching home, with a i)iece of 

 oaten or coarse bread in the middle of the day, will 

 be found the best working diet; a dog with a lull 

 stomach is in a most untit state to be used. 



There is one desci'i])tion of dog I never would kee]) 

 ill my kennel, viz., one that trails his game. ^Soinc 



