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niel, described, 234.
  • Dead bird, blinking of, 267.
  • —lifted by you, error of, 98.
  • —loss of, discourages dog, 312.
  • —rushing into, 321, 374.
  • —search for, 266, 307, 309.
  • —search for, with two dogs, 544.
  • —the first killed, 265.
  • —to be pointed, 267;
  • but not by retrieving setter or pointer, 548.
  • —torn by dog, 322.
  • Dead, initiatory lesson in, 19, 34.
  • Diet considered, 567.
  • Distance, whence birds are winded, 182, 183.
  • —between parallels, 181.
  • —dog’s knowledge of, 285.
  • Distemper, pups inoculated for, 572.
  • —salt for, 579.
  • —vaccination for, 573, &c.
  • Diving, how taught, 105.
  • Dogs, good, cheapest in the end, 137.
  • —shape, &c. of, 137, 187, 364, 537.
  • —shepherds’, in France, 415.
  • —slow, beating more than faster, 327.
  • —unknown, fetch small sums, 380.
  • —wildest, most energetic, 53, 137, 198.
  • Dominos played at by dogs, 433, 441.
  • “Down” see “Drop.”
  • “Down charge,” dog pointing, not to, 359.
  • —initiatory lesson in, 27.
  • —ingenious argument against, 316 n.
  • —why retrievers should, 119.
  • Draughts, the first to move wins, 158.
  • “Drop,” a better word than “Down,” 146.
  • —dog to, another dropping, 49.
  • —dog to, game rising, 328.
  • —initiatory lessons in, 23, 25, 26.
  • —unnatural, “Toho” natural, 24.
  • Dropper, pointing grouse or snipe, 497.
  • —by Russian setter, 498.
  • Duck emits a goodish scent, 94.
  • Duck. Wood-duck of America, 511.
  • Duck-shooting in wild rice, 95.
  • Ducks, wounded, first retrieved, 283 n.
  • Horse, memory of, 221, n.
  • Hoof ointment, 364 n.
  • Horse, recipe for conditioning, 364 n.
  • Horse’s and dog’s points similar, 364.
  • —biting cured, 283 n.
  • —leg strapped, 60.
  • —rushing at his leaps cured, 33.
  • Horses, how taught by Astley, 10.
  • —fed on firing, 28.
  • Hounds, obedience of, 31.
  • —tuition of, 30, 505.
  • Hunting, dog’s chief enjoyment, 562.
  • —dog long taking to, 132.
  • Huntsman for pack bad rangers, 248.
  • —a gentleman, 413.
  • I.
  • Imitative, dogs are, 34, 264.
  • In-and-in breeding injudicious, 279 .
  • Independence imparted, 375.
  • India, 444, 446, &c.
  • Indian-corn meal, 568.
  • Initiatory lessons, important, 12, 17, 52, 134, 141.
  • Inoculation for distemper, 572 n.
  • Instance of breaking highly, 251, 395, 499;
  • —coolness and courage, 449–468;
  • —cunning in grouse, 229;
  • in pheasant, 232, 236;
  • in monkeys, 431 n.;
  • —dog’s barking at point, 521;
  • —dog’s behaving well first day, 139, 280;
  • —dog’s forcing game to gun, 89;
  • —dog’s pointing after the shot, 275;
  • —dog’s intercepting, 206, 527, 530;
  • —dog’s manner showing birds on the run, 295, 530;
  • dog’s pointing on his back, 199;
  • —dog’s pointing on fence, 200;
  • —dog’s detaining with paw, 319;
  • —dog’s retreating from and resuming point, 286, 517, 519, 520;
  • dog’s retrieving snipe he would not point, 318;
  • dog’s retrieving duck, though detesting water, 320;
  • —dog’s running riot from jealousy, 125.
  • —to beat, 550.
  • —to fetch, taught, 108, &c.
  • —to pursue faster, 118.
  • —water, to fetch cripples first, 553.
  • —how bred, 126.
  • Retrieving not taught first season, 538.
  • —setters or pointers not to “point dead,” 548.
  • —setters, not pointers, 536.
  • Rewards always given, 27, 40.
  • Rheumatism prevented by care, 571.
  • Rice, wild lakes, duck-shooting in, 95.
  • “Richelieu,” snipe-shooting, 277.
  • Rifle, rest for, 509 n.
  • Right, the signal to go towards, 36.
  • Right-eyed, 65 n. App.
  • Right hand, for “Toho” and “Drop,” 24.
  • —signals more than left, 142.
  • Road, exercise on, good for dogs, 566.
  • “Roading,” instance of fine, 290–292.
  • —by 6 dogs alternately, 251.
  • —by “Finder,” 354.
  • Rope to tie dog, bad, 563.
  • Running bird, firing at, 308.
  • Rushing in to “dead” cured, 374.
  • Russian setter, dropper from, 498.
  • S.
  • Saffron removing fleas, 165 n.
  • Salt for distemper, 579.
  • Scent, bad in calm or gale, 174.
  • —differently recognised by pointers and setters, 174 n.
  • —of birds, not left for hare, 333.
  • —“footing” a, initiatory lesson in, 43.
  • Scent of wounded and unwounded birds differs, 545.
  • Search “dead,” 266;
  • with 2 dogs, 544.
  • —for wounded bird, when to leeward, 309;
  • when to windward, 307.
  • Seeking dead, how taught, 313.
  • “Self-hunting,” prevent, 564.
  • September, dog taken out in, 171.
  • —day’s lesson continued, 259.
  • Servant useful in field, 282.
  • Seton proved useful, 123.
  • Setter, stanch—sum paid for, 382.
  • —to retrieve, 536;
  • ?argument against applies to retriever, 549.
  • Setters crouch more than pointers, 23.
  • —Duke of Gordon’s breed, 237.
  • —for cover shooting, 87.
  • Setters, points in, 137, 187, 364, 537.
    • Ireland, 397;
  • in Kent, 82.
  • Woodcocks attached to covers, 397.
  • —reflushed, 82.
  • —small, in Canada, 277.
  • Wood-duck of North America, 511.
  • Wounded bird. See Bird wounded.
  • Y.
  • Yeomen of Kent, 236.
  • Yorkshire keeper’s advice, 406.
  • Young dogs steady first day on game, 139, 280.
  • Youth, game followed in, liked, 69.
  • —occupation followed in, liked, 563.

    • THE END.

    R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL.

    Albemarle Street, London,
    January, 1865.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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