| CHAPTER I. |
| | PAGE |
| PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. QUALIFICATIONS, IN BREAKER,—IN DOG | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| INITIATORY LESSONS WITHIN DOORS. SHOOTING PONIES | 9 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| INITIATORY LESSONS CONTINUED. SPANIELS | 20 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| LESSONS IN “FETCHING.”—RETRIEVERS | 57 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| INITIATORY LESSONS OUT OF DOORS.—TRICKS | 76 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER COMMENCED. RANGING | 99 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| FIRST LESSONS IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CAUTION.—NATURE’S MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES | 111 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CUNNING OF AGE.—RANGE OF FROM TWO TO SIX DOGS | 129 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. “POINT” NOT RELINQUISHED FOR “DOWN CHARGE” | 150 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. ASSISTANT.—VERMIN | 165 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONCLUDED. BAR.—LEG STRAP.—SPIKE-COLLAR | 176 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| SHOOTING HARES. COURAGE IMPARTED.—“BACKING” TAUGHT | 194 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| HINTS TO PURCHASERS. PRICE OF DOGS.—SHEEP KILLING | 210 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| A REST BEYOND “HALF-WAY HOUSE.” ANECDOTES OF DOGS ON SERVICE AT HOME | 230 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| ANECDOTES OF DOGS ON SERVICE ABROAD. RUSSIAN SETTERS | 249 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| DISTINGUISHING WHISTLES. “BACKING” THE GUN. RETREAT FROM AND RESUMPTION OF POINT. RANGE UNACCOMPANIED BY GUN. HEADING RUNNING BIRDS | 278 |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| SETTER TO RETRIEVE. BLOODHOUNDS. RETRIEVERS TO “BEAT.” WOUNDED WILDFOWL RETRIEVED BEFORE THE KILLED | 294 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| BECKFORD. ST. JOHN. CONDITION. INOCULATION. VACCINATION. CONCLUSION | 307 |
| POSTSCRIPT: MR. L——G’S LETTER | 322 |
| APPENDIX: | |
| ? | COVERS, SHOOTING, LOADING | 328 |
| ? | TRAPPING.—OWL AS DECOY.—HEN HARRIER.—KEEPER’S VERMIN-DOGS.—STOATS | 331 |
| ? | REARING PHEASANTS.—CANTELO.—PHEASANTRIES.—MR. KNOX | 335 |
| ? | SETTERS.—POACHERS.—KEEPERS.—NETTING PARTRIDGES.—BLOODHOUNDS.—NIGHT-DOGS | 344 |
| INDEX, in which the figures refer to the numbers of the paragraphs, and not to the pages | 349 |
