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 disregarded order or signal to be often
repeated; Whip to crack loudly. The attainment of a
scientific Range difficult, but of surpassing value; the best
ranger must in the end find most Game.

CHAPTER VII.--549.

FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. CAUTION.

140. Dog to be hunted alone.

141. Many Breakers exactly reverse this.

142. Turnips, Potatoes, &c., avoided; Range of dogs broken on
moors most true.

143. In Turnips, &c., young Dogs get too close to Birds.

144. _Cautious_ Dogs may with advantage be as fast as wild
ones; the two contrasted. In Note, injudiciousness of
teaching a Puppy to "point" Chickens.

145, 6. A Dog's nose cannot be improved, but his _caution_
can, which is nearly tantamount; how effected.

147. How to make fast Dogs cautious.

148, 149. The cause why wild Dogs ultimately turn out best.

150. The day's Beat commenced from the leeward.

151. Wonderful Dogs, which find Game without hunting.

152. Reason why Dogs should be instructed separately, and
allowed Time to work out a scent; young Dogs generally too
much hurried.