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with them they would rather not go out at 

 all, and my own has proved such a faithful 

 ally to her master that I should be the last 

 person to attempt to dissuade them. So I will 

 merely say that if your dog does accompany 

 you after heavy game it must be absolutely 

 obedient, must be trained to keep not only to 

 heel, but with its head almost touching your 

 leg, and that whether in the open or in thick 

 jungle. It should not take the faintest notice 

 of the scent, sound or sight of deer or small 

 game, and when at length your game is sighted, 

 or when you are drawing close, it should be 

 absolutely mute, remaining at your heel both 

 before and after the shot. I need hardly say 

 that a dog intended to be taken out after big 

 game should never be indulged with an off 

 day at deer or birds. It is scarcely to be ex- 

 pected that a dog used to seeing its master 

 shoot small game will show no signs of excite- 

 ment on meeting with it when it is not the 

 object of pursuit. It cannot possibly understand 

 that what is lawful game one day is taboo the 

 next. Therefore, if you must have a dog with 

 you, let it be kept entirely for one branch of 

 sport. The writer has been the fortunate pos- 

 sessor of several good terriers, but has never had 

 a dog to equal this ; though one other — also a 

 bitch — was nearly as good. 



Dot was bred from a dog of my own, and 



