210 THE WORK OF FOX-HOUNDS AND SETTERS. 



score. I have known dead shots so annoyed at 

 failing at a fair mark, as to be discomposed and 

 out of temper the whole day afterwards. Poor 

 fellows ! they were much to be pitied. 



It has always been my impression, and I think 

 not an erroneous one, that of all species of dogs 

 a fox-hound is one of the most hardy and resolute, 

 and, with good training and feeding, the most 

 capable of enduring severe work. If four days, 

 therefore, are found not too much for a well- 

 trained setter or pointer, three days' hunting a 

 week is nothing very extraordinary to expect from 

 a fox-hound in the prime of life -, and in drawing 

 a comparison between the labour of the two ani- 

 mals in their different vocations, I think the setter, 

 which works all the season, from grouse- shooting 

 to the last day of pheasant-killing, has quite as 

 much wear and tear to undergo as a fox-hound. 

 I will take the dog above quoted as an example, 

 who commences beating his ground about ten 

 o'clock in the morning, and does not leave off 

 working until three or four o'clock in the after- 

 noon. The setter begins ranging at once, with 

 about half speed, which is continued with little 

 intermission (save when his master is firing and 

 loading) during the day. 



Now let us see how it fares with the fox-hound 



