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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

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