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pressure on him by the hinder dog; who, instead 

 of being a fixture, as he ought to be, at his post, 

 is not satisfied with playing second fiddle on 

 the occasion, but is pressing forward from behind 

 for the enjoyment of the scent in his own nose ; 

 and very probably pushing that nose up in 

 advance ahead of his fellow, most impertinently 

 obtruding his inquiries, and finally taking the 

 point from the other dog ; to have whom with 

 a perfect command of himself in which case, is 

 a matter of much greater difficulty to manage 

 than the other : it is called being stanch before. 

 It is quite unnecessary to add, how much a 

 perfection in both, exclusive of the beautiful 

 display of reciprocal sagacity, contributes to 

 increase and to secure the means of making 

 the most of the game. It gives the sportsman 

 time to take his measures for driving up the 

 birds to most advantage between himself and 

 his dogs, whom they can not fail to perceive and 

 be awed by : and its merits will be still more 

 strongly conceived by a moment's contrast with 

 what we have so often the misfortune to behold, 

 in a set of ill-assorted and unmanaged animals, 

 playing at the game of measuring noses after a 

 covey which have been put upon the run tip a 

 furrow : now the one, and now the other has it; 

 like a parcel of three-year-olds, neck and neck, 

 for the last half-mile from the D. I. at New- 



