trievers never to kill Rats, lift vermin, or wounded
Heron, &c.

CHAPTER V.--527.

INITIATORY LESSONS OUT OF DOORS. TRICKS.

110. Lessons in Country Walks.

111. "Instruction in quartering;" hunted where least likely
to find Game; taught while young. In Note, Bitch shot over
when seven months old.

112. If unreasonably long before taking to hunting, the
remedy.

113. Utility of Initiatory Lessons; taught without punishing.

114. Self-confidence of timid Dogs increased.

115. The more Dogs learn, the more readily they learn.

116. Two superior Dogs better than half-a-dozen of the
ordinary sort; Action of Dogs; their Feet; Loins; dash of
Foxhound gives endurance; cross with Bull hunts with nose too
low; Reliefs desirable; best Dog reserved for evening.

117. Memorandum, never to ride through gate with gun
athwart-ship; instance of Dog's behaving admirably the first
day shown Game.

118. Proves the value of Initiatory Lessons.

119. Summary of knowledge imparted by them.

120. Why to signal with _right_ hand.

121. _One_ word only of command; dogs attend to the general
_Sound_, not to the several _Words_.

122. Names of Dogs not to end in "O;" to be easily called; to
be dissimilar.

123. "Drop" better word of command than "Down;" use words of
command least likely to be employed by others; when
purchasing a Dog ascertain what words he is accustomed to.

CHAPTER VI--537.

FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN COMMENCED. RANGING.

124. Regular Breakers make Dogs "point" paired Birds in
Spring, tends to Blinking.

125. Better not to see Game until shot over; taken out alone
on a fine day in Autumn.

126. Perpetually whistling to animate Dogs, injudicious.

127. Beat largest fields, and where least likely to find
Game.

128. Commence from leeward; scent bad in a calm or gale.

129 to 133. Instructions in "ranging."

134. Kept from hedge; Range greater on moors than stubble.

135. Distance between Parallels dependent on tenderness of
nose.

136. If the Dog is to hunt with another, the Parallels to be
farther apart.

137. No interruption when winding Birds, yet not allowed to
puzzle; Nose to gain Experience.

138. Birds lie well to Dog that "winds," not "foots" them.

139. Inattentive to Whistle, made to "drop," &c.; when rating
or punishing, the disr