UPLAND SHOOTING. 
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** The Setter frequently requires a partial rebreaking at the 
commencement of each season, in his younger days, owing to 
the natural eagerness with which he resumes the sport. The 
necessity of this, however, diminishes with age, as the charac¬ 
ter and habits of the dog become more settled, and then we may 
take them into the field, with a perfect assurance of their be¬ 
having quite as well on the first hunt of the season, as the 
staunchest Pointer would. 
“ The extreme caution, and mechanical powers of the Pointer 
in the field, is a barrier to his flushing the birds, as is often wit¬ 
nessed in the precipitate running of the Setter, who winds the 
game, and frequently overruns it, in his great anxiety to come 
up with it. But this occasional fault on the part of the Setter, 
may be counterbalanced by the larger quantity of game that he 
usually finds in a day’s hunt, owing to his enthusiasm and swift¬ 
ness of foot. Setters require much more water while hunting 
than the Pointer, owing to their thick covering of fur, encou¬ 
raging a greater amount of insensible perspiration to fly off 
than the thin and short dress of the Pointer. Consequently they 
are better calculated to hunt in the coldest seasons than early in 
our falls, which are frequently quite dry and warm. 
“ A striking instance of this fact came under our own imme¬ 
diate observation this fall, when shooting in a range of country 
thinly settled, and uncommonly dry. The day being warm, 
and the birds scarce, the dogs suffered greatly from thirst, inso¬ 
much that a very fine Setter, of uncommon bottom, was forced 
to give up entirely, completely prostrated, foaming at the mouth 
in the most alarming manner, breathing heavily, and vomiting 
from time to time a thick frothy mucus. 
“ His prostration of both muscular and nervous powers was 
so great, that he could neither smell nor take the slightest notice 
of a bird, although placed at his nose. He could barely manage 
to drag one leg after the other, stopping to rest every few mo¬ 
ments, and we were fearful that we should be obliged to shoul 
der and carry him to a farm-house, a considerable distance off. 
However, he succeeded, with much difficulty, in reaching the 
