38 THE DOG ; AND HOW TO BREAK HIM. 



wlien he Avill immediately proceed to the spot 

 Avliere he knows the bird to be. A stone may 

 lio^^ be thrown into the hedge, and the bird put 

 up. A dog will soon get accustomed to this 

 work, and will in a little time be very apt, 

 of his own accord, to rush into the hedge from 

 the opposite side, upon a stone being thrown in. 

 This sort of thing is only practicable with a 

 single dog; and it would be destructive to a 

 young one : it is a manoeuvre for a sagacious old 

 dog only. 



One of the best dogs I ever saw, to kill game to 

 single-handed, Avas a cross between a rather large 

 wiry-haired Scotch terrier bitch and one of my 

 own pointers; this dog, however, was good for 

 nothing in company. In fact, his owner was a 

 poacher, and I knew nothing of the existence of 

 the dog until he came to me by chance one day, 

 in the field, when I was shooting near his mastei-^s 

 residence. He followed me on several subsequent 

 occasions. He would range well; had sagacity 

 always to hunt with the wind hi his favour; 

 would retrieve, downcharge — in fact, do everything 

 but hack (this he would not do) ; was never tired, 

 and all vreathers came alike to him. But this is 

 a solitary instance of a dog bred in such a vray 

 being of any value — at least, I never lieard of 

 another. 



A dog cannot be too much his master's com- 



