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
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VARIOUS RETRIEVERS Frontispiece.
SCENE NEAR WALTHAM ABBEY, 1st Sept. 1847 Title-page.
OLD-FASHIONED ENGLISH SETTER,--RETRIEVERS, ONE A CROSS WITH BLOODHOUND. (Lesson VIII. Par. 141) Page 25
THE CHECK--'HOLD HARD!' 30
A FOUR-LEGGED WHIPPER-IN 33
CLUMBERS. (Lesson III. Par. 141) 43
WILD SPANIELS. (Lesson XII. Par. 141) 47
IRISH WATER SPANIEL. (Lesson I. Par. 141) 53
INCLINED TO 'RAT' 77
BROACHING A BARREL 84
DEAF TO THE VOICE OF PERSUASION 90
A SOLICITOR 91
REPLETE WITH GOOD THINGS 95
BACKING THE GUN AGAINST THE BIRD 117
SAFELY MOORED, 'STEM' AND 'STERN' 121
"STIFF BY THE TAINTED GALE WITH OPEN NOSE OUTSTRETCHED AND FINELY SENSIBLE" 124
A DOG-FISH 125
"SMALL, ACTIVE POINTER." (Lesson IX. Par. 141) 131
"SHORT-LEGGED STRONG-LOINED SUSSEX SPANIEL." (Lesson XV. Par. 141) 137
"DUKE OF GORDON'S BLACK AND TAN SETTERS." (Lesson XIV. Par. 141) 141
LARGE HEAVY POINTER. (Lesson X. Pars. 141 and 266) 157
CARRYING A POINT, AND CARRYING A POINTER 173
THE FIRST COURSE 197
FASHIONABLE (ENGLISH) SETTER, AND OLD-FASHIONED POINTER. (Lesson XIII. Par. 141) 215
IRISH RED SETTER. (Lesson II. Par. 141) 221