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handle arms*; giving to your eye, at the time, 

 an eager undecided (yet not wandering) direc- 

 tion forwards, somewhat beyond the immediate 

 sphere of expected spring, in order more effec- 

 tually to seize the object rising beneath your 

 sight, and not to have to search for it, when 

 risen, beyond the expected bounds. And now, 

 Sir, dismissing every former symptom of a 

 design upon the hen-roost, let your further 

 advance be made with firmer and nearly upright 

 port; and, instead of the short, creeping, shuf- 

 fling step, let it be extended as far as you can 

 with ease; yet as slow as the necessary con- 

 nexion with your dog, now in advance upon 

 the foot, will admit, in order that at the instant 

 of spring you may, with the now liberated 

 action of your lower limbs, more immediately 

 and perfectly bring yourself to form, or TAKE 

 FORM f ! " This must be done by a decisive 

 step-out with the left leg, the foot in a line of 

 direction with your thigh, towards the range of 

 the bird; your right foot, at the same time, 

 turned outwards, to very nearly a right angle 

 with the other ; your body nearly upright, but 



* See the Drill Exercise, for this motion. 



t For this, as directly connected with MAKE READY! 

 see the Drill Exercise. 



