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stand the advantage of giving a young dog the wind, against 
which he should take his range, making regular tacks, like a 
vessel beating up to windward. If he stretches too far, to 
the one hand, a whistle, a wave, and inclination of the body 
in another direction should bring him about. In this man¬ 
ner continue to work him till you see him on the haunt of 
game ; then caution him by have a care—take heed! as he 
is fixing to his point, and fix him with a stern, authoritative 
down ! Keep him to his point, and if the birds lie, make a 
circuit round them, keeping your eye strictly upon the dog, 
checking every attempt to move with the uplifted hand and 
down! When you see him reconciled to lie close, give the 
word, hold up ! to your birds. If he is diffident, pat and 
encourage him with kind words ; if too forward, check him. 
When the birds spring, should he pursue them, ware chase f 
must be thundered in his ears, which may perhaps stop him ; 
if not, have patience, keep your station, and he will return 
after his rioting is over. Beware of severity now, lest you 
check him; but lead him again to the haunt of the birds, 
and there lecture him— take heed , sir! down ! At this 
stage of the business a check-cord, a few yards in length, 
may be of advantage to prevent him from bolting in or 
escaping under punishment. When you have got him steady 
to his point, you may proceed to down charge ! to which we 
have supposed the pupil ready drilled ; nevertheless, when 
a bird drops, he may break in, and this should be instantly 
and invariably resisted with down charge! ware dead! 
and the application of the whip when persisted in. 
We now come to the important act of bagging the birds 
sportman may amuse if not instruct.— “ To break a sheep-biting dog, 
take some wool off a sheep’s rump, steep it in train oil, put it in the 
dog’s jaws, and sew up his mouth. For killing poultry, boil a chicken 
in its feathers, take it hot from the boiler, squeeze the water from it, 
and put it into hip jaws, and tie them together” — Daniel, iii. p.337 
