CHAPTER III. 



SPORTING TERMS. 



HE technical terms adopted by writers 

 on field-amusements should be perfectly 

 familiar to every sportsman, and ought to 

 be made use of on all occasions when rural 

 diversions are the subject of conversation. 

 Many of our sporting acquaintances are 

 most wofully deficient in a knowledge 

 of these designations, and conse(|uently 

 make the most egregious blunders in 

 their vain efforts to appear au fait in all that pertains to the dog 

 and gun. A few minutes of study and reflection, my patient 

 friends, will make you all proficients in this branch of Orismology ; 

 therefore remain no longer in ignorance, even if it he bliss. 



TERMS APPLICABLE TO DOGS. 



A brace of pointers or setters. A couple of spaniels. 



A leash of ' • A couple and a half of spaniels. 



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