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Footnotes
[1: It may be satisfactory to others to know the opinion of so
undeniable an authority as Colonel Hawker. The Colonel, in the Tenth
Edition of his invaluable Book on Shooting, writes, (page 285)--"Since
the publication of the last edition, Lieutenant-Col. Hutchinson's
valuable work on 'Dog-breaking' has appeared. It is a perfect _vade
mecum_ for both Sportsmen and Keeper, and I have great pleasure in
giving a cordial welcome to a Work which so ably supplies my own
deficiencies."]
[2: Rounded, too, at the extremities--the outer feathers not being
the longest--a formation adverse to rapid flight. The extreme outer
feather of _young_ birds is pointed, and, until late in the season,
accompanies soft quills, weak brown beaks, and yellow legs. These
(beaks and legs) become grey on maturity, or rather of the bluish hue
of London milk--and the quills get white and hard--facts which should
be attended to by those who are making a selection for the table. Hold
an old and a young bird by their under beaks between your fore-finger
and thumb, and you will soon see how little, comparatively, the old
beak yields to the weight. This rule applies equally to grouse, the
legs of which birds when young are not much feathered, but late in the
season it is difficult to determine their age. Yet a knowing hand will
find a difference, the old birds' legs will still be the more feathered
of the two; and its feet will be more worn and extended. If you spread
open the wing of any game-bird, you will find the upper part (near the
second joint) more or less bare. The less that part is covered with
feathers the younger is the bird.
A poulterer once told me that at the end of the season he judged much
of the age of birds by the appearance of their heads.
"Ware" sunken eyes, and tainted or discoloured vents--they have been
too long out of the kitchen.]
[3: The following facts are strong evidences of the correctness of this
assertion. Late in the season far more grouse _than ought to be_ are
shot by "gunners," to use an American expression,--"true sportsmen" I
can hardly term them--who conceal themselves in large stooks of grain,
to fire at the birds which come from the hills to feed; and, curious to
say, several shots are often obtained before the pack takes wing. The
first few reports frequently no more alarm them, than to make the most
cautious of the number jump up to look around, when, observing nothing
that ought to intimidate them, they recommence feeding. By commencing
with the undermost birds, the Americans sometimes shoot in daylight all
the Partridges (as they erroneously call them) roosting on a tree; and
poachers in this country, by making a similar selection, often kill at
night (using diminished charges) several Pheasants before those that
are on the topmost branches fly away. A strong breeze much favours the
poacher by diminishing the chance of the birds much hearing him.]
[4: But from his very infancy you ought not to have allowed him to be
disobedient. You should have made him know--which he will do nearly
intuitively--that a whip can punish him, though he ought never to
have _suffered_ from it. I have heard of pups only four months old
being made quite _au fait_ to the preliminary drill here recommended.
This early exercise of their intelligence and observation must have
benefited them. The questionable point is the unnecessary consumption
of the instructor's time.]
[5: It may be fancy, but I have imagined that coveys hatched near
railway stations have less than other birds regarded the sportsman's
whistle.]
[6: This is one reason for giving initiatory lessons in the "Toho"
before the "Drop." Another is that the dog may acquire the "Toho"
before he has run the chance of being cowed in learning the "Drop." If
the latter were taught first, he might confound the "Toho" with it.]
[7: I know of a young man's reading the first edition of this book, and
taking it into his head to teach his Terrier to point according to the
method just recommended. He succeeded perfectly. Some Terriers have
been made very useful for cover shooting.]
[8: There is often such a similarity in the names of hounds, that a
person cannot but be much struck, who for the first time sees them go
to their meals, one by one as they are called.]
[9: It would expedite matters much if the groom did this while you
remained near the pony to feed him, or _vice versâ_.]
[10: "Imitative creatures!" who can doubt it? If you make an old dog
perform a trick several times in the sight of a young one who is
watching the proceedings, you will be surprised to see how quickly the
young one will learn the trick, especially if he has seen that the old
dog was always rewarded for his obedience.]
[11: Obedience to all such signals will hereafter be taught out of
doors at gradually increased distances: and to confirm him in the habit
of sniffing high in the air (41) for whatever you may then hide, put
the bread or meat on a stick or bush, but never in a hedge (175). With
the view to his some day retrieving, as instanced in 277, it will be
your aim to get him not to seek immediately, but to watch your signals,
until by obeying them you will have placed him close to where the
object lies, at which precise moment you will say energetically "Find,"
and cease making any further signs.]
[12: The least comprehensive and logical of the expressions, yet one
often used. A dog being no critical grammarian, understands it to apply
to "fur" as well as "feather."]
[13: With a resolute, reckless, dashing dog you may advantageously
employ a _thinner_ cord of double that length,--whereas, the shortest
line will sometimes prevent a timid animal from ranging freely.
By-the-bye, the thinner the cord the more readily does it become
entangled,--as a rule, a checkcord cannot be too firmly twisted,--a
soft one quickly gets knotted and troublesome. (See note to 262.)]
[14: The printer finds this note on covers, shooting, and loading, so
long that he will place it in an Appendix.]
[15: These fetch immense _fancy_ prices when well shaped,--black and
tan, without a single white hair, and long eared. But this breed is
nearly useless to the sportsman, whereas the Blenheim is a lively
diligent little fellow in light cover, and from his diminutive size
threads his way through low thick brushwood more readily than might
at first be imagined, being incited to great perseverance by a most
enthusiastic enjoyment of the scent. In strong high turnips, he is
employed with much advantage to spring the partridge. He creeps under,
where a larger dog would be constantly jumping.]
[16: For the benefit of those who have the good fortune, or the bad
fortune, as the case may be, of always living within the sound of Bow
bells, "Flick," be it observed, is a synonym for "Fur," thereby meaning
Hare, or Rabbit.]
[17: But when the moors are covered with snow, poachers, who emerge
in bands from the mines, often put a shirt over their clothes, and
manage to approach grouse at a time when a fair sportsman cannot get a
shot; but this is the only occasion on which one uniform colour could
be advantageous. A mass of _any_ single colour always catches, and
arrests the eye. Nature tells us this; animals that browse, elephants,
buffaloes, and large deer, as well as those which can escape from their
enemies by speed, are mostly of one colour. On the contrary, the tiger
kind, snakes, and all that lie in wait for, and seize their prey by
stealth, wear a garment of many colours, so do the smaller animals and
most birds, which are saved from capture by the inability of their
foes to distinguish them from the surrounding foliage or herbage. The
uniform of our rifle corps is too much of one hue.]
[18: A drier and cleaner article than you may suppose, and which can be
carried not inconveniently in a Mackintosh, or oil-skin bag,--a toilet
sponge bag.]
[19: If a retriever has the opportunity, while prowling about, of
gnawing hare or rabbit-skins thrown aside by a slovenly cook, it will
not be unnatural in him, when he is hungry, to wish to appropriate to
himself the hide, if not the interior of the animals he is lifting.]
[20: This reasoning obviously does not apply to the retrievers
employed in those battues where rapid slaughter is "the order of the
day,"--where the sportsmen do not condescend to charge their own guns,
but are constantly supplied with relays of loaded arms.]
[21: I once had a pointer pup whose dam was broken in (after a fashion)
and regularly shot to when seven months old. Without injury to her
constitution, she could not have been hunted for more than an hour
or two at a time. She ought not to have been taken to the held for
_regular_ use until fully a year old.]
[22: I often shoot over a setter bitch (belonging to one of my
relations) that has capital feet, but is very defective across the
loins. She is extremely fast, and a brilliant performer for half a
day; but she then shuts up completely. A little rest, however, soon
brings her round for another half day's brilliant work. Unless a dog
is particularly light in body, bad feet quickly scald upon heath or
stubble, and they are longer getting round, than is a bad loined dog in
recovering from a day's fatigue.]
[23: A trick that historical research probably would show to have
been devised in a conclave of house-maids, and which was constantly
performed by one of my oldest acquaintances, "Little-brush," a worthy
son of the "Dearest-of-men," as he used to be called by his fond
mistress, who, I need not say, had no children of her own on whom to
lavish her caresses.]
[24: It is astonishing what myriads of fleas are bred in the sand in
many hot countries. When walking along some of the roads during the
spring, numbers of the little creatures will pay you the compliment
of attaching themselves to your dress and person. At Bermuda they so
regularly make their appearance with the whales, that the Niggers think
there must be some intimate, however mysterious, connexion between the
two. In India the natives expel the intruders from their houses by
strewing fresh saffron leaves about the rooms; and a decoction from
these said leaves, applied liberally to a dog's coat, rids him of the
unwelcome visitors, however numerous. I have read that the same good
effect will be produced if his hair be well wetted with a solution of
the gum of the sloe-tree in water. Fourteen grains of the gum to one
quart of water.
The capture of the whale, by-the-bye, at Bermuda, affords sport as
exciting as it is profitable. The fish are struck within sight of the
Islands, and as the water is shoal, owing to sandbanks, a short line is
employed. By this line the stricken animal tows the harpooner's boat
along with fearful rapidity, an immense wave curling far above the high
bow. The flesh of the young whale is excellent,--very like veal,--and
with the black population the whaling season is one of great feasting
and enjoyment. By a colonial law no charge can be made for the flesh of
the fish. Every comer has a right to carry off as much of the meat as
he may require, _but no blubber_. On a whale being killed, a well-known
signal, hoisted at the several look-out posts, quickly informs the
coloured inhabitants of the successful seizure, and whether it has been
effected at the north or south side. Numerous claimants then hurry
off, on foot or in boat, to secure a sufficiency for several days'
consumption, of a food they prize far more than beef or mutton. What is
not immediately used is cut into strips, and dried in the sun.]
[25: In ordinary seasons immediately after St. Valentine's Day,--before
the birds have made their nests.]
[26: "Leeward"--a nautical phrase--here meaning the side towards which
the wind blows _from_ the field. If you entered elsewhere, the dog
while ranging would be tempted, from the natural bearing of his nose
towards the wind, to come back upon you, making his first turn inwards
instead of outwards.]
[27: But, independently of these obvious reasons, scent is affected
by causes into the nature of which none of us can penetrate. There is
a contrariety in it that ever has puzzled, and apparently ever will
puzzle, the most observant sportsman (whether a lover of the chase or
gun), and therefore, in ignorance of the doubtless immutable, though
to us inexplicable, laws by which it is regulated, we are contented to
call it "capricious." Immediately before heavy rain there frequently
is none. It is undeniable that moisture will at one time destroy
it,--at another bring it. That on certain days--in slight frost, for
instance,--setters will recognise it better than pointers, and, on the
other hand, that the nose of the latter will prove far superior after a
long continuance of dry weather, and this even when the setter has been
furnished with abundance of water,--which circumstance pleads in favour
of hunting pointers and setters together. The argument against it, is
the usual inequality of their pace, and, to the eye of some sportsmen,
the want of harmony in their appearance. Should not this uncertainty
respecting the recognition of scent teach us not to continue hunting a
good dog who is frequently making mistakes, but rather to keep him at
"heel" for an hour or two? He will consider it a kind of punishment,
and be doubly careful when next enlarged. Moreover, he may be slightly
feverish from overwork, or he may have come in contact with some
impurity,--in either of which cases his nose would be temporarily out
of order.]
[28: There are sportsmen who aver that a setter's "falling" instead of
standing is advantageous, as it does not so much alarm the birds.]
[29: Provided always he be not perpetually pointing, as occasionally
will happen--and is the more likely to happen if he has been
injudiciously taught as a puppy to set chickens, and has thereby
acquired the evil habit of "standing by eye;" which, however, may have
made him a first-rate hand at pointing crows.]
[30: With the understanding that the pace does not make him "shut up"
before the day is over.]
[31: The more resolute a dog is, the more pains should be taken, before
he is shown game, to perfect him in the instant "drop" (26), however
far off he may be ranging.]
[32: The mention of quails taking to trees recalls to my recollection
a novel light infantry manoeuvre (for the exact particulars of which
I will not, however, positively pledge myself,) that was conceived
with such admirable rapidity by the commanding officer on an occasion
of great emergency, and executed with such wonderful celerity by the
troops under him, that I hope my professional partialities will be
allowed to excuse my describing it.
Bermuda, "the blest little island," as the fascinating Tommy Moore
styles her, although now well supplied with all the necessaries of
life, especially since the improvements in husbandry, introduced by its
late excellent governor, Colonel R----d (now Sir William), was formerly
but little better provided with fresh meat than a man-of-war victualled
for a six months' cruise. At the time I allude to there were but few
cows, and only one bull on the islands; and what made matters more
disagreeable, it had been slanderously reported of the strange beast
that "he was an awfully vicious animal." It is certain that he bellowed
fearfully. The inhabitants (who have always been highly esteemed by
those who know them) though they were not at that period as well fed
with the roast beef of old England as when I was recently quartered
among them, were, notwithstanding, a right loyal set, and prided
themselves greatly upon their efficient militia. On a hot day,--as are
most of their days,--when these good soldiers were at drill under their
esteemed commander--let us say, Col. O----e,--a breathless messenger
ran up to him as he was mounted on his grey charger in front of the
steady line, and uttered some mysterious words. The gallant colonel's
countenance assumed a look of deep anxiety,--for an instant his cheek
blanched,--his lip quivered:--but quickly rallying, he abandoned his
horse, and with infinite presence of mind, gave in unfaltering accents
the order, "Gentlemen, _tree_ yourselves,--Moll Burgess's Bull is
loose." Precept and example were here happily combined, and the able
commander was among the first to find safety in the topmost branches
of a neighbouring cedar. Military annals record no instance of more
prompt, zealous obedience.]
[33: This dispersion of scent in the atmosphere explains why a dog who
carries his head high finds more game than a dog who hunts with his
nose near the ground.]
[34: When quartered, years ago, in County Wexford, I used frequently to
see a fine strong-knit, well-built horse, who could never see me--for
he was stone-blind; yet, odd to say, all his progeny had capital
eyes.{1} He had rather a queer temper, as his name, "Restless," partly
implied. During the spring he was led about the country, and what is
very surprising, there was always a fight to get him past the lane or
gate leading to any farm-house where his services had ever before been
required. As it is certain that he was _perfectly_ blind, no faculty we
can believe him to be possessed of, unless it be memory, will explain
how, at such long intervals, he could recognise the many different
places so accurately; and if it be attributable to memory, that of the
Senior Wrangler of Cambridge's best year can in no way be compared with
it.
{1} This is the more singular, as, from unexplained causes, diseases
of that organ are but too common in Ireland. One veterinary surgeon
attributed it to the dampness of the climate. His young English horses
suffered while at Cork as much as his Irish ones.]
[35: Indeed, through a merciful dispensation, it seems to be ordained,
that no animal (in the general course of nature) shall die a lingering,
painful death from starvation, but shall serve for the nourishment of
others before his body becomes attenuated from want.]
[36: Numerous accounts have been given of the voracity of the pike.
K----g told me of a very remarkable instance, and one which clearly
shows that fish do not always suffer so much torture when hooked as
many suppose. He was spinning a gudgeon for pike in the river Stour,
near Chilham, having bent on four large hooks, back to back, and a
large lip-hook. He was run at by a pike, which he struck, but the
line unfortunately breaking, the fish carried off fully four yards of
it, together with half a yard of gimp, two large swivels, and a lead.
K----g put on fresh tackle and bait. At the very first cast he was run
at again, and succeeded in landing the fish, which weighed 12 lbs. To
K----g's great surprise, he observed the lost line, swivel, and lead
hanging out of its mouth, while,--apparently not much to the animal's
discomfort,--the bait and hooks quietly reposed in its interior. On
turning the gullet inside out, K----g found the bait so uninjured that
he again fastened it to his line along with the recovered tackle, and
actually caught another pike weighing 4 lbs., and a perch of 2½ lbs.,
with the very gudgeon that had been in the stomach of the large pike
for nearly a quarter of an hour.
Those who are fond of trolling for trout would not find their time
thrown away in reading Wheatley's _novel_ hints on all kinds of
spinning baits. His "Rod and Line" is an excellent little book.]
[37: There are poulterers who would pare such a spur to diminish the
appearance of age. The shorter and blunter the spur, and the smoother
the leg, the younger is the bird. Dr. Kitchener, who appears not to
have had much luck in stumbling upon well-fed pheasants, avers that
they have not the flavour of barn-door fowls if they are cooked before
they drop from the single tail feather by which, he says, they should
be hung up in the larder; or, rather, he advises that two pheasants
should be suspended by _one_ feather until both fall. Birds of full,
beautiful plumage gratify the eye more than the palate. It is an
indication of age in _all sorts_ of birds. The hens are the tenderest.
On the body of birds, immediately under the wing, there is what keepers
often call, "the condition vein." The more fat and yellow that appears,
the higher is the condition of the animal. Blow aside the feathers of a
snipe; and if the flesh is nearly black the bird wants condition,--it
should be white.]
[38: On the 7th of July, 1836, his kennel was put up to auction, when
three of his setters fetched, severally, seventy-two, sixty, and
fifty-six guineas. Two puppies brought fifteen guineas each,--and two
of his retrievers, "Bess" and "Diver," forty-six and forty-two guineas.]
[39: Entitled, "Field Sports in the United States and British
Provinces, by Frank Forester."]
[40: A rule to be followed whenever you employ relays of braces.]
[41: That price was named in the Table of Contents of the first
edition.]
[42: It is admitted, however, that they are often difficult animals to
manage; for the _least_ hastiness on the part of the instructor may
create a distrust that he will find it very hard to remove.]
[43: The first day for killing blackcock.]
[44: If painted white it will be the more readily seen and _trodden_
on,--a _step_ advisable preparatory to seizing it, or an ungloved hand
may suffer should the dog be ranging rapidly.]
[45: Should they (unluckily for the lesson) run, you must endeavour to
manage as detailed in 285.]
[46: As he acquires experience he will wish to rise the moment he
observes that your loading is completed. Do not allow him to move,
however correctly he may have judged the time. Let his rising be always
in obedience to signal or word. You may occasionally make a mistake in
charging, or your friend may not load as expeditiously as yourself.]
[47: Never being allowed to grip conduces so much to making him
tender-mouthed, that, should he hereafter be permitted to lift his
game, it is probable he will deliver it up perfectly uninjured.]
[48: Oftener practicable on heather than on stubble.]
[49: In order to work in silence, I advised (XI. of 141) that the
signal to "heel," whenever the dog could observe it, should supersede
the word "dead." It might be necessary to sing out with a boatswain's
voice should the dog be far off.]
[50: Which becomes white in a severe winter,--a regular ermine; the
only one of the weazel-tribe that does so in England.]
[51: This note on the subject of trapping, and keeper's vermin-dogs,
&c., is so long that the printer has placed it in an Appendix.]
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[52: The cheeta invariably selects the buck, passing by the nearer
does and fawns. I never saw but one instance to the contrary. On that
occasion the cheeta endeavoured to secure what appeared to be his
easiest victim--a young fawn; but the little creature twisted and
doubled so rapidly, that it escaped perfectly uninjured. The turbaned
keeper, greatly surprised, begged the spectators to remain at a
respectful distance while he proceeded to secure the panting, baffled
animal. The caution was not unnecessary; for the disappointed beast,
though usually very tractable, struck at the man's arm and tore it. On
examination a large thorn was found in one of the animal's fore-paws,
which fully explained the cause of his not _bounding_ after the lord of
the herd, when he had, in cat-like manner, stealthily crawled as near
as any intervening bushes would afford concealment. This preliminary
part of the affair is at times very tedious; the rest is quickly
settled: for the wondrous springs of the cheeta (whose form then so
apparently dilates,{1} that the observer, if a novice, starts in the
belief that he suddenly sees a royal tiger) soon exhaust him, which
accounts for his always creeping as near as possible before openly
commencing his attack.
The education of the cheeta is no less progressive than that of the
dog; and whatever patience the latter may require from his instructor,
the former demands far greater; not so much from want of docility, as
from the nearly total absence of all the feelings of attachment so
conspicuous in the canine race. The cubs when they are very young are
stolen from the rocky fastnesses where they are usually bred. They
are immediately hooded, and allowed no other exercise than what they
can take when they are led about by their keeper. While he is feeding
them, he invariably shouts in a peculiar key. In a month or so their
eager looks, animated gestures, and possibly cheerful purring, testify
that they comprehend its import as fully as a hungry young ensign does
"the roast beef of old England." They are then slightly chained, each
to a separate bandy (bullock-cart), and habituated to its motion. They
are always fed during the drive. They thus learn to expect a good
meal in the course of their airing. After a time the keeper, instead
of feeding a promising pupil while he is a prisoner, goes to a little
distance from the bandy and utters the singular cries now so joyfully
heard, upon which--an attendant slipping off the chain and hood--the
liberated cheeta runs to his trainer to be fed. By degrees this is done
at increased distances. He is always conducted back to the carriage by
the keeper's dragging at the lump of meat of which the animal retains
a firm hold. The next step is for the man again to commence feeding
_near_ the cart, but without making any noise,--the removal of the hood
being the only thing that tells the spotted beast to look about him
for his dinner. The last step is the substitution of a kid or wounded
antelope, for the keeper with his provision basket, when it rarely
happens that nature's strong instinct does not make the cheeta seize
with eagerness the proffered prey. His education is now completed; but
for many months he is never unhooded at a herd unless the driver has
managed to get the cart within a very favouring distance.
The cheeta knocks over the buck with a blow of his paw on the
hind-quarters, given so rapidly that the eye cannot follow the motion,
and then grasps him firmly by the throat; nor will he quit hold of
the windpipe as long as the prostrate animal can make the slightest
struggle for breath. This affords the keeper ample time to cut off a
limb, which he thrusts against the cheeta's nose, and as soon as the
still quivering dainty tempts him to grasp it, he is again led off to
his cart. He is then further rewarded with a drink of warm blood taken
from the inside of the antelope, and the scene concludes by the carcass
being strapped under the bandy.]
{1} A dealer often says in praise of a small horse,--and great praise
it is--"You may fancy him a little one now, but wait till you see him
move, and then you'll think him a big one."]
[53: Many think that grouse feed more down wind than partridges.]
[54: A pace that keeps the sportsman at a brisk walk is obviously the
best. It is very annoying to be unable, by any quiet encouragement,
to get a dog to "road" as rapidly as you wish--an annoyance often
experienced with naturally timid dogs, or with those which have been
overpunished.]
[55: "Suwarrow's" manoeuvre (530) clearly shows the true reason.]
[56: The speed with which one of these extremely beautiful, but in
every other respect far, far inferior partridges will run, when only
slightly wounded, is quite marvellous.]
[57: The force of the word "Dead" (preceding the command "Find")--that
joyous, exciting note of triumph--ought never to be lessened by being
employed, as I have heard it, to stimulate a dog to hunt when no bird
is down; or, like the shepherd-boy's cry of "Wolf! wolf!" it will
have little influence at the moment when it should most animate to
unremitting exertions.]
[58: After a touseling you may have observed the dog rubbing his nose
in the grass. He did right. I have lately had reason to think that
when from the absence of grass a dog could not effectually wipe his
nose, the fine down adhering to it has for some time interfered with
the delicacy and discrimination of his olfactory organs. He got too
near his birds before acknowledging them. Would you be shocked if I
asked you to assist him occasionally in freeing his nostrils from the
offending feathers?]
[59: In favour of such unsportsman-like haste they ingeniously argue
that a continued noise after firing makes birds lie, from attracting
their attention. They say that a sudden change to quiet (and a great
change it must be, for a _chasseur_ is always talking) alarms the
birds. As an evidence of this, they adduce the well-known fact of its
frequently happening that a partridge gets up the moment the guns have
left the spot, though no previous noise had induced it to stir.]
[60: Had you lost the bird from there being but little scent, it is
probable you might have found it by renewing your search on your return
homewards in the evening. If a runner, it would most likely have
rejoined the covey.]
[61: "Toho," rather than "Drop,"--your object now being to make him
stand at, and prevent his mouthing game; for you are satisfied that he
would have "down charged" had the bird been missed.]
[62: Of course, with the proviso that he is not pointing at another
bird (274).]
[63: Lest the cord should cut the turnip-tops, it might be better to
employ the elastic band spoken of in 60.]
[64: A superior dog on grouse more easily becomes good on partridge
than a superior partridge-dog becomes good on grouse. Grouse run so
much, both when they are pairing, and after the first flight of the
young pack, that a dog broken on them has necessarily great practice
in "roading," ("roading," too, with the nose carried high to avoid
strong heather--a valuable instructor), whereas the dog broken on
partridge often becomes impatient, and breaks away when he first finds
grouse. The former dog, moreover, will learn not to "break fence,"
and the necessity of moderating his pace when hunting stubbles and
turnips, sooner than the latter will acquire the extensive fast beat
so desirable on heather, where he can work for hours uninterrupted by
hedge, ditch, or furrow; making casts to the right and left a quarter
of a mile in length. First impressions are as strong in puppyhood as in
childhood; therefore the advantage of having such ground to commence
on must be obvious. There are, however, favoured spots in Perthshire,
&c., where game so abounds that close rangers are as necessary as
when hunting in England. Alas! even the grouse-dog will take far too
quickly to hedge-hunting and pottering when on the stubbles. It is,
of course, presumed that he is broken from "chasing hare"--a task his
trainer must have found difficult (though none are ever shot to him)
from the few that, _comparatively_ speaking, his pupil could have seen.
Independently, however, of want of pace and practice in roading, it
never would be fair to take a dog direct from the Lowlands to contend
on the Highlands with one habituated to the latter,--and _vice versâ_,
for the stranger would always be placed to great disadvantage. A
_faint_ scent of game which the other would instantly recognise, he
would not acknowledge from being wholly unaccustomed to it. Sometimes,
however, a grouse-dog of a ticklish temper will not bear being
constantly called to on "breaking fence." A fine, free ranging pointer,
belonging to one of the brothers H----y, when brought to an enclosed
county, became quite subdued and dispirited. He could not stand the
rating he received for bounding over the hedges, and he evidently
derived no enjoyment from the sport, though there were plenty of birds.
On returning to the Highlands, he quite recovered his animation and
perseverance. He added another to the many evidences that dogs are most
attached to, and _at home_ on, the kind of country they first hunted.]
[65: The ears of young hares tear readily; and there is a gristly
substance, larger than half a pea, at the end of the shank-bone of the
fore-leg, just above the joint, which departs with youth. Their smooth,
close, sharp claws disappear afterwards; and when quite old their
jaw-bones become so strong as not to yield and crack to the strongest
pressure of your fingers.
When you observe that the carving knife performs the part of
curling-tongs, prefer a help from the birds at the top of the table.
Ditto, ditto, in all particulars, with regard to rabbits.]
[66: This appears extremely cruel; remember, however, that I entreated
you to abstain entirely from shooting hares; but if you would not make
this sacrifice, at least "only to fire at those which you were likely
to kill outright" (332).]
[67: Thus greatly improving it for table. The cook who first thought
of breaking the legs of birds, and dragging out the sinews, ought to
be immortalized. The first person I saw practising the feat was an
admirable black man-cook, in the West Indies: he was preparing turkeys
for a large supper; and, to my great surprise, I saw him take up each
bird, cut the skin in front of and about the middle of its legs, crack
the bone across that part with a blow of the knife; then stick the
sinews of the foot on a hook fixed high against the wall, seize firm
hold of the thigh of the turkey, give a sudden powerful pull, and leave
the lower part of the leg, with a large body of sinews, perfectly
stripped of all flesh, suspended on the hook.]
[68: A singular evidence of the influence of example was furnished by a
favourite charger belonging to the father of the present Lord G----d.
As a reward for gallant service, she had been turned out for life, when
only seven years old, on the banks of the Shannon. She had a shed to
run into, and plenty of hay in winter. It pleased her, in all seasons,
daily to have a swim in the river. Year after year colts were turned
out on the same grass. All these, following the example set them by
the mare, voluntarily took to the water, and gradually became expert
swimmers. Until within a short time of her death, and she attained the
unusual age of forty-three, she continued to bathe; and I have heard
that she was evidently much puzzled and vexed whenever from the stream
being frozen she could not get her plunge. She would walk a little way
on the ice, but finding it too slippery, unwillingly return.]
[69: The continuation of the vertebræ of the back, and clearly,
therefore, an indication of their substance. _Query_--Was it because
our grandfathers knew that a tail naturally short was a pledge of
stamina, that they endeavoured to imitate it by docking their horses
and pointers? Curiously enough, the points named in 364 as desirable in
a dog are considered good in a horse. In portraits of the useful old
English hunter, you never see a feeble, flexible neck,--it is desirable
that it should be arched,--a dog's neck also should be sufficiently
strong, and put on high. Neither horse nor dog should have large
fleshy heads,--and a full bright eye is in both a sign of spirit and
endurance. The canon bone in a horse should be short, so ought the
corresponding bone of a dog's leg; and every joint ought to be large,
yet clean; and (without a bull) the _short_ ribs in both animals should
be _long_. There are hardy horses whose flesh you cannot bring down
without an amount of work that is injurious to their legs,--there are
also thrifty dogs which are constantly too fat, unless they are almost
starved, and common sense tells us they cannot be so starved without
their strength being much reduced. The analogy does not hold with
respect to ears, for it is generally considered that the dog's should
be soft and drooping, lying close to his head--not short and ever in
motion. Moreover, most men would wish his muzzle to be broad as well as
long.
Our eye is so accustomed to the sight of weeds,--animals bred for
short-lived speed, not for endurance,--that we no longer look for, and
possibly do not properly appreciate, the short back (though long body),
with scarcely room for a saddle; and _the width between the upper part
of the shoulder-blades_ (as well as the lower)--the indication of space
within--upon which points our forefathers justly set great value. We
forget its being mentioned of Eclipse, whose endurance is as undeniable
as his speed, that he had a "shoulder broad enough to carry a firkin
of butter,"--and that Stubb's portraits of winners (of races four and
occasionally six miles long!) show that they possessed powerfully
muscular, as well as slanting shoulders. The frame of a clever Welsh,
or New Forest pony, if his head is set on at a considerable angle
with his neck, is perfection. It might with profit be studied by any
youngster wishing to form his eye, and know what, on an enlarged scale,
should be the build of a real hunter,--an animal fitted for every kind
of work. The Arabs so much prize a short back and lengthy quarters,
that they have a proverb to the effect that a horse which measures the
same from the hip-bone to the end of his croupe, that he does from
the hip-bone to the withers, is a blessing to his master. Another
assertion of theirs is, that all their fastest horses measure less from
the middle of the withers to the setting on of the tail, than they do
from the middle of the withers to the extremity of the nose, or rather
extremity of the upper lip. This measurement is supposed to be taken
along the crest of the neck, over the forelock, and between the eyes.
It is sometimes so difficult to get a horse into condition, and
the following recipe, given me by an old cavalry officer who is an
excellent stable-master, is so admirable, that I need not apologize for
inserting it:--
"Give three{1} ounces of cold drawn linseed oil in a cold mash every
alternate night for a fortnight. If you judge it advisable, repeat the
same after an interval of a fortnight. The good effects of the oil are
not immediately visible, but in about a month the horse's coat will
become glossy, and he will commence putting up good _hard_ flesh."
The daily rubbing in a portion of the following ointment into a horse's
hoof (especially after exercise in moist ground, and on removal of
wet bandages, _before any evaporation can take place_,) will prevent,
indeed cure, brittleness--that constant precursor of contracted
feverish feet:--
Tar (not Coal Tar).
Soft Soap.
Soap Cerate.
Hog's Lard.
½ lb. of each well mixed together
over a very slow fire.
{1} 20 oz. = 1 imperial pint.]
[70: Amidst sheep too.]
[71: I am glad to say I never had occasion to adopt so severe a remedy
as the following; but I have heard of an otherwise incorrigible taste
for blood being cured by a partridge pierced transversely with two
knitting-pins being _adroitly_ substituted for the fallen bird which
the dog had been restrained by a checkcord from bolting. The pins were
cut to a length somewhat less than the diameter of its body, and were
fixed at right angles to one another. Several slight wires would, I
think, have answered better.]
[72: And if hares are shot to him, fewest wounded hares.]
[73: In the remaining odd case (one out of a hundred) the propensity
may be traced to the animal belonging to a vicious stock,--in short, to
hereditary instinct.]
[74: Mr. C. B----y, who has written so cleverly and usefully under the
name of "Harry Hieover," supports (in "Practical Horsemanship") an
argument respecting the breaking of horses, by describing with such
good judgment the manner in which he would proceed to gradually wean
a dog from worrying sheep (much on the principle of taking him to a
rabbit-warren, 337), that I think some of my readers may peruse it with
profit:--
"I suppose myself to have a dog addicted to chasing sheep. He must be
cured of that. If I depute a servant to do this, I know how he will set
about it. He will take the dog on a common, where sheep are running at
large. The moment they see the dog they begin running. This is just
what the man wished they might do. The dog, of course, immediately sets
off after them, and the man after the dog. Probably after the latter
has ceased chasing, he is caught; and at a moment when he is not in
fault he is most brutally thrashed, knowing or not knowing what he
is thrashed for. He is cowed for the day, and sore for three or four
afterwards, when he forgets the beating; and the next time he sees the
sheep, he feels the same excitement and propensity, and away he goes
after them; so probably it would be as long as he lives.
"I now take the dog in hand, and as sedulously avoid taking him where
he has a chance of seeing sheep running, as the other sought for
a place where he should; for I know, with his present habits, the
temptation will be too strong for the dog to resist. I put a collar
round his neck, with a chain to hold him by, and a good dog-whip in my
hand. I take him to a sheep-fold: here the sheep cannot run: and not
being wild, the utmost they can do on seeing the dog is to huddle all
together. On entering the fold I cry in a warning voice, 'Ware sheep,
Don.' The dog looks up. 'Ware sheep,' I cry again. If he appears in
the least elated or fidgety, 'Ware sheep,' I cry in a voice of anger.
If he attempt to make any hasty advance towards them, a smart stroke
or two of the whip makes him find 'Ware sheep' must be attended to.
If after this he pulls towards, or jumps at them, I give him a good
flogging, he deserves it, for he knows he is doing wrong, and has not
over-excitement as an excuse. In a day or two, more or less, as he is
more or less incorrigible, he will cease not only to jump at the sheep,
but will walk quietly among them. He has learned perfectly one lesson,
which is, that he must not touch sheep standing still. Probably, being
now cowed by the warning 'Ware sheep,' if I took him on the common, he
would, if he saw sheep running, stop at being halloed to (if not too
far off); but it would be highly injudicious to trust him, for if he
broke away, my three or four days' lesson would go for nothing:--he
would be nearly as bad as ever.
"I now take him where sheep are wild, but never get near enough to set
them running. But suppose they were to do so, I am prepared, for I have
him in a cord some twenty yards long. This length gives him something
of a feeling of liberty. If he looks towards the flock, 'Ware sheep'
reminds him of his lessons. In a day or two I approach them; they begin
to run: Don gets fidgety, but the warning and showing him the whip most
probably controls him; if it does not, and he breaks away, I let him
reach the end of the cord, and with a stentorian 'Ware sheep,' I pull
him head over heels, haul him up, and getting hold of him, give him a
second thrashing--a lesson or two more, and he, in nine cases in ten,
will be broken of the habit. But if without the cord to check him he
had got in full career, flaying the poor brute alive would not have
prevented his doing it again; but his propensity having been diminished
gradually, moderate reflection will reform him, which it would not have
done while that propensity was in full force."--Page 171.]
[75: A muzzle is the best recipe for keeping a howling dog quiet at
night--from what is commonly called "baying the moon." It should
invariably be employed whenever any ointment is applied to his skin for
mange, &c.]
[76: A dark day with a good breeze would be preferred with us.]
[77: But there is this to be said in favour of your perpetually
shooting in wind and wet:--you will be acting a most friendly part by
your less persecuting neighbour, for under the twofold annoyance of
the gun and such weather, the birds will fly to great distances to seek
for quiet shelter.]
[78: This note about rearing pheasants, &c., is so long that the
printer has placed it in an Appendix. See page 335.]
[79: Neeps, anglicè turnips.]
[80: Callant, anglicè boy.]
[81: Hirple, anglicè limp.]
[82: Lord Brougham, in his "Dialogues on Instinct," gives anecdotes
showing the great sagacity of animals. He writes--"The cunning of foxes
is proverbial; but I know not if it was ever more remarkably displayed
than in the Duke of Beaufort's country; where Reynard, being hard
pressed, disappeared suddenly, and was, after strict search, found in a
water-pool up to the very snout, by which he held on to a willow-bough
hanging over the pond. The cunning of a dog, which Serjeant Wilde tells
me of as known to him, is at least equal. He used to be tied up as a
precaution against hunting sheep. At night he slipped his head out
of the collar, and returning before dawn, put on the collar again to
conceal his nocturnal excursions."
All animals are more or less cunning. The cunning of monkeys--I do not
quite like using that word: it hardly does them justice--is nearly
as proverbial as the cunning of foxes--but it is not so generally
admitted that the monkey has an innate sense of the ludicrous; and
it would surprise many to be told that its mischievous propensities
frequently arise, not from a spirit of wanton destructiveness, but from
a consciousness of fun--from a feeling of enjoyment at thinking of,
or witnessing the embarrassments created by its pranks. Yet it is so.
Captain H----e, when in the 7th Fusiliers, mentioned to me that the
sailors of the ship in which he returned from the Mediterranean had two
pet monkeys on board. The older one not being so tame as the smaller,
a belt with a short rope was fastened round his waist, in order that
he might be occasionally tied up, and as this belt had chafed him
he greatly disliked its being touched. One hot day when the monkeys
were lying beside each other on the deck, apparently asleep, H----e
observed the little one raise himself softly, look at his companion,
and feeling assured that he was asleep, sink down quietly, close his
eyes, and give the obnoxious belt a sudden twitch. The other instantly
sprang up,--perceiving, however, nothing near him but the little fellow
(seemingly) in a deep slumber, he laid himself down to continue his
siesta. After a while the young tormentor cautiously peered round;
when satisfied that his friend was again in the arms of "Mr. Murphy,"
he repeated the disagreeable twitch with yet greater success,--the old
chap becoming this time delightfully puzzled.
A third time the little rascal, after the same precautions as before,
endeavoured to play off his trick,--but he was foiled at his own
weapons. The old gentleman suspecting him, had cunningly pretended
to be asleep; and on the small paw quietly approaching his sensitive
loins, he jumped up--seized the culprit in the very fact, and forthwith
gave him a drubbing that taught him more respectful manners during the
remainder of the voyage.
But to return for a moment to foxes. A story is told in the family
of Mr. C----s R----n (286) of the sagacity of these animals, to
which he gives implicit credence. Adjacent to their old family house
stands a yet older high tower, the summit of which commands an
extensive view of the surrounding country, and consequently of the
several rides leading to the building. From this elevated position
his grandfather was one morning watching the hounds drawing some
neighbouring covers, when he saw a fox steal away unobserved, and hide
himself in a few furze-bushes. The pack passed by at some distance
from him, and Monsieur Reynard must have begun congratulating himself
upon his escape, when to his horror he perceived two lagging skirters
approaching his place of concealment. Instead of breaking away in
an opposite direction, he at once went forth to greet them,--lay
down, playfully wagging his tail,--and gave them a pressing, and
doubtless sincere, invitation to join in a game of romps. The ruse was
successful. The hounds came up, paid him the compliment of sniffing at
him as he rolled on his back humbly admitting his inferiority, and then
cantered off to join their companions. Upon this, Pug at once retreated
to his first covert.]
[83: Is not the capability of forming a good judgment in unusual
circumstances more dependent upon the exercise of the reasoning than
the instinctive faculties?]
[84: So adroitly obtruding (or forcing) a particular card of an
outspread pack upon the notice of an unsuspecting party, that he
unhesitatingly selects that identical card. This trick is performed
very effectively, having previously concealed the eight of a suit, by
temporarily converting the seven into the eight by lightly sticking on
a bit of paper cut into proper shape, and of the same colour as the
suit. The metamorphosed card is forced upon one of the audience, and
the exhibitor manages unperceived to remove the deception with his
little finger when reshuffling the cards.]
[85: This would account for the showman's wish to increase the size of
the circle (436), and keep his audience at a respectable distance, well
out of hearing.]
[86: We speak not of the delightful Neilgherry hills, nor the valleys
of the magnificent Himalaya mountains.]
[87: The really wild dogs of India,--the Dhole,--hunt by nose, and in
packs.]
[88: Pointer rather than setter, not only on account of his shorter
coat, but because his nose seems better suited to a hot climate. This
cross would be hardy; and prove extremely useful when the grain. fields
are cut; but in high grass and strong jungle a team of Clumbers would
be invaluable. They could not, however, be kept healthy in the low, hot
lands. We must naturally expect that in the cool parts of India the
true English pointer (or setter) would be found more serviceable than
the best cross. For those who are fond of coursing in India what a pity
it is that it should be so difficult to procure good Arab-greyhounds.
Whilst I was in the country, but I speak of many years ago, I never
saw a decent one. A far better description of dog, and one which would
keep healthy in the hottest weather, might be imported (if expense was
no consideration) from the upper parts of Arabia, where an admirable,
short-coated greyhound is reared for different kinds of coursing. The
best dogs are greatly valued, and it is a question whether our noble
breed is not originally derived from this stock.]
[89: Impression of feet.]
[90: In general he knowingly places his back against a tree.]
[91: The North American trappers apply the same term to an old beaver.]
[92: Guinea-birds being much prized in such of the islands as possess
but little game, many are reared at the farms of the planters. The
negroes dig up ants' nests, which are disagreeably numerous, and on
bringing one into the yard, dash it violently upon the ground, when
the chicks eagerly scramble for the contents,--the insects _and_
the eggs. By-the-bye, much is said about the difficulty of taking
eggs from Guinea-birds without making them abandon their nests. The
would-be purloiner, in answer to his inquiries, is often recommended
to keep as far as possible from the nest; and, that it may in no way
be contaminated by his touch, to remove the eggs during the absence of
the birds with an iron or silver spoon, having a long stick attached to
it as a handle;--but it is seldom told him,--and therein lies the real
secret,--that, in addition to such precautions, he never ought to rob
a nest without leaving _at the least_ three eggs. It is surprising how
many may in this way be taken. I know of a single pair of guinea-birds
being thus robbed in one spring of no less than eighty-four.
Having got into a Creole's poultry-yard, I am unwilling to quit it
without observing, that few better birds are reared than his cross
between common ducks and a Muscovy drake. It is found necessary
carefully to guard against the ungainly gentleman's having any rival of
the ordinary breed in the neighbourhood, for if the opportunity were
afforded them, the ladies would to a certainty forsake their cumbrous
lord for the more active commoner. Although the true Muscovy is very
coarse eating, the Hybrid is as much an improvement upon the flavour as
it is upon the size of the common duck. I have known the birds to be
reared in this country, and often wondered that the plan was not more
generally pursued.]
[93: Improved as regards shape and action, but not as to stanchness and
nose.]
[94: On one occasion, shooting in India, I saw an instance of an
animal's endeavouring to hide itself, that always struck me as
remarkable from the youth of the creature, and the fact that its
usual instincts lead it to seek safety, not in concealment, but in
flight. I was looking for a small kind of grouse commonly called there
rock-pigeon, when, crowning a small eminence, I unexpectedly came
upon a young antelope, about a hundred yards off, that apparently had
lost its dam. The country was open and bare, with here and there a
few stunted bushes. It instantly ran behind one of these, and there
remained while I drew the shot, and had nearly rammed down one of the
balls (enclosed in greased cloth) that I constantly carried in my
pocket ready for immediate use. I was almost prepared, when off it
went. As the ball was nearly home, I forced it down, not liking the
trouble of extracting it, and took a random chance shot at the little
animal. I could not perceive that it winced, and it was not until it
fell that I was aware I had struck it. The ball had passed through its
body a little too far behind the shoulder, and somewhat too high--a
common fault. It was so thin and poor that it must have been separated
for some time from its mother. The want of sagacity evinced by peafowl,
when hiding themselves, is strongly contrasted with the intelligence
displayed by the fawn. I have known these birds, when alarmed, run
their heads into a crevice, leaving the whole of their bodies exposed,
and then fancy themselves so effectually protected, as to remain
immoveable, until the sportsman got close to them.
When you are hunting, rifle in hand, for large game on an open prairie,
or where it is unlikely that you will find a convenient rest, you can
carry in your waistcoat pocket, until the moment you require it, not a
very bad substitute, in the shape of a piece of string looped at both
ends. This string will have been carefully adjusted to exactly such a
length that when one loop is slipped over your left foot, and the other
loop over the end of the ramrod (near the muzzle), on your bringing
up your rifle to the poise, the pull of the string will restrain you
from unduly elevating it while taking aim. An ordinary rest prevents
your _lowering_ the muzzle when in the act of firing--the resistance
of the string opposes your _raising_ it. The string, however, will not
wholly hinder the muzzle from diverging to the right or left,--but in
reality it will much prevent such unsteadiness, by permitting your left
hand to press strongly upwards against the rifle. In the new drill for
firing with the Enfield, the soldier is taught a position which gives
him a firm rest for his musket. It is to sit on his right heel (the
right knee carried well to the right, and resting on the ground), and
to place his left elbow on his left knee. He is taught to take aim a
little below the object, and to raise the muzzle very slowly--and to
pull the moment he covers the object, having previously well considered
what allowance he should make for the influence of the wind.]
[95: A reverend and _very enthusiastic_ dog-breaker in Cornwall (R. R.
W----t), who took to the art late in life, had an admirable dog named
Niger, who practised a peculiar self-taught dodge. He had a capital
nose, and when he winded birds on the other side of a hedge, he would
make a circuit, and coming behind them would drive them over to his
master. This was all innate talent. In no way did it result from
tuition.]
[96: Unless they are very young they are little prized at table; and
they afford such bad sport to the gun that, notwithstanding their
beauty, great pains are now taken in Norfolk and Suffolk to exterminate
the breed. Their nests are sought for to be destroyed; and when the
snow is on the ground, the old birds are killed in great numbers. It
is observed that in proportion as they increase, so do the common
partridge decrease. The stronger bird, according to the general law
of nature, drives off the weaker congener. Mr. L----d, A----r's
keeper (of H----n Hall), told me he had on several occasions seen the
young red-legged Frenchmen perseveringly attack and eventually kill a
whole covey of the less active English squeakers. The late Marquis of
Hertford has the credit (?) of having been the first to turn out a few
of the strangers. This was nearly fifty years ago at Sudbourn Hall, his
seat in Suffolk, whence they have spread over that county and Norfolk,
and are fast invading the northern parts of Essex.]
[97: This note on setters, poachers, keepers, bloodhounds, night-dogs,
&c., is so long, that the printer has placed it in an Appendix. See page
344.]
[98: "Increased:" the gratification of carrying being far greater than
that of merely "pointing dead."]
[99: A red-legged partridge.]
[100: Of course, a regular retriever is absolutely necessary when a
team of spaniels is hunted, none of which are accustomed to retrieve
(78).]
[101: In deep water diving birds will of course beat the most active
dog.]
[102: Twice a day he should be allowed to run out, that he may not be
compelled to adopt habits wholly opposed to his natural propensities.
If he has acquired the disagreeable trick of howling when shut up, put
a muzzle on him.]
[103: Claws of dogs kept on boarded floors, or not exercised,
occasionally become so long, that unless they are filed or pared down,
they cause lameness. In the menagerie at the Cape of Good Hope I saw
a fine tigress, the claws of whose fore-feet had grown so far beyond
her power of sheathing that they had penetrated deep into the flesh,
and it was under consideration how to secure her so that the operator
should incur no risk while sawing off the ends. She was very tame and
sociable, and would rub against the bars when she was approached by
visitors to invite their caresses; but it was quite distressing to see
her raising each leg alternately, really to ease it of her weight, but
apparently as if soliciting relief. The blessings of chloroform were
then unknown. No tiger while under its drowsy influence had ever had an
injured limb amputated, as was once successfully managed at the Surrey
Zoological Gardens.]
[104: It will tend to your comfort and health to have your boots made
waterproof, and you will not easily get a better preparation, when well
rubbed into the leather, for effecting your object, than the following.
It is an admirable one for rendering all kinds of leather pliable, and
for _preserving_ them in that state--and how often in the beginning of
a season have you found your water-boots as hard as a board!
To one ounce of India-rubber (the old bottle-shaped gum) cut into very
small pieces, and dissolved in only as much spirits of naphtha as will
convert the rubber into a thick fluid, add not more than one pint of
oil; linseed oil, or neat's foot oil is, I am told, the best.
For waterproofing cloth:--
2 lbs. alum,
1 lb. sugar of lead,
20 quarts spring water.
Strain off to clear. Let garment soak 48 hours. Hang up until dry. Well
brush afterwards. Inexpensive yet effective!
When you catch cold, do not too hastily blame our climate, our enviable
climate, which preserves longer than any other the bloom of its women
and the vigour of its men, where the extremes of cold and heat are
equally unknown, in which you can take with advantage exercise every
day in the year, and need never suffer annoyance from mosquitoes,
sandflies, fleas, and other abominations, from which few countries
are free. When heated by labour, are we not too apt to throw off
some article of apparel in order to get cool? whereas the Turk, more
sensibly, puts on additional clothing, and sits out of a draught until
he loses all the extra heat he acquired from exercise.]
[105: Since the publication of the first edition of this book, I have
had the gratification of reading Mr. Herbert's "Field Sports in the
United States, &c.," and find that he does not consider Indian-corn
to possess any injurious qualities--on the contrary, he strongly
recommends its adoption in kennels.]
[106: In all diseases of dogs--inflammatory, of course,
excepted--warmth is recommended.]
[107: There is a hardy breed of pointers that rarely take
it,--especially if they are liberally fed, and lie warm while
young.--W. N. H.]
[108: "Dogs, their Management," published by Routledge,--a work
evidently written by a kind-hearted man of reflection, experience, and
judgment; one who dares think for himself, not servilely treading in
the footsteps of his predecessors.]
[109: A right good sportsman, in days long gone by, gave this advice to
his son--"a true chip of the old block,"--"Don't get an experienced
keeper wedded to his own customs and prejudices; but engage a young man
fond of sport. Break _him_ to your mind; and then, and not until then,
will you have _dogs_ broken to your mind."]
[110:
[Page Header: "SNAP" VISITING THE TRAPS.]
Is it quite certain that the keepers who plead their inability to
devote more time to the improvement of their masters' dogs have never
found time to break in dogs belonging to strangers? If a keeper would
but make it a rule while he is going his rounds by day (to examine
his traps, &c.) to allow each of his pupils in turn to accompany him
in fine weather, and avail himself of that opportunity to give the
young dogs an occasional out-door lesson, they would all be brought
under good subjection, and be taught to obey implicitly every signal
of the hand--which is half the battle--without taking him from his
other occupations, and without his having devoted more than a few
hours exclusively to their preparatory education. If a keeper feels no
pride in the conduct of his dogs--if he is not animated with a spark
of the enthusiasm that incites the huntsman to such willing exertion
in the education and performance of his hounds, he (the keeper) had
better change his profession. He may attain to eminence in another, he
certainly never will in his present position.
As I have just talked about a keeper "going his rounds" to examine
his traps, it would be wrong not to mention the serviceable "Snap," a
white, short-haired terrier belonging to a gamekeeper of Mr. R----e's,
who for many years has sat as member for Dover. The little animal's
personal qualities are far inferior to his mental, for even his master,
with all his well-known partiality for his petted companion, cannot
call him handsome; but he has a right to quote in the dog's favour
the old saying, "Handsome is as handsome does." Besides other ways of
rendering himself useful, "Snap" willingly considers it a standing rule
that he is to start off alone every morning after breakfast to take
the tour of all the traps. On his return to the lodge, if he has no
report to make, he maintains a discreet silence; but if any of them are
sprung, by vermin or otherwise, he loudly proclaims the fact, and leads
the keeper, whose time and legs he has thus cleverly saved, direct to
any spots requiring his personal attention.]
[111: The reason in my opinion is, that they have not been properly
taught--how to teach.--W. N. H.]
[112: An expeditious method, as is admitted in 191, but there, I think,
all praise ceases.--W. N. H.]
[113: Doubtless a good plan; perhaps the best plan with a bold dog
whose initiatory education has been neglected--and who, in consequence,
will not watch for your signals, nor yet look to you on your whistling;
but the cord might be longer, and the boy should follow the dog to
allow of his range being more extended.--W. N. H.]
[114: Meaning the spike-collar described in 300 of this, and 136 of
first edition. No mention was made in that edition of the milder collar
now spoken of in 301.--W. N. H.]
[115: In the correctness of this reasoning I fully concur.--W. N. H.]
[116: See end of 448.]
[117: If you are attacked by a dog when you have the good fortune to be
armed with a shilelagh, do not hit him across the head and eyes; bear
in mind that the front part of his fore-legs is a far more vulnerable
and sensitive spot. One or two well applied blows upon that unprotected
place will generally disable the strongest dog. Consider how feelingly
alive your own shins are to the slightest rap. I have in India seen a
vicious horse quite cowed under such discipline, and a really savage
nag in that country is, to use an expression common among the natives,
a fellow who would "eat one to the very turban." They will sometimes
cure a biter by letting him seize a leg of mutton burning hot off the
fire--not so expensive a remedy as you may think, where sheep, wool,
or rather hair and all, are constantly sold at 2_s._ each,--I will not
describe how poor,--I have lifted them up, one in each hand, to judge
of their comparative weight. A country bred horse may be conquered by
harsh means; but a true Arab never. It is rare to find one that is
not sweet-tempered; but when he is vicious, his high spirit and great
courage make him quite indomitable.
With a stout stick, a better defence than you may at first imagine can
be made against the attack of a vicious bull. Smart blows struck on the
_tip_ of his horns seem to cause a jar painfully felt at the roots. Mr.
B----n, of A----n, when he was charged in the middle of a large field
by a bull which soon afterwards killed a man, adopting this plan, beat
off the savage animal, though it several times renewed its attacks.]
[118: If my reader is a youngster, he ought to take this as a hint to
mind where he treads when he traverses a turnip-field.]
[119: The common sobriquet of the boy in charge.]
[120: Clover does not retain the wet like common grass, and it affords
some shade in hot weather to the very young birds.]
[121: Until the young birds recover do not let them have access to
any water in which alum is not dissolved in the proportion of a lump
about the size of a walnut to half a gallon of water--also mix such a
quantity of common salt in their food, that the stimulant therein is
quite perceptible to your taste, and feed more sparingly than usual.]
[122: Principally Indian corn-meal. When the chickens are older, the
grain is merely bruised. To full-grown birds of a large species, it is
given whole.]
[123: For reasons already given, I think some animal food should be
added.--W. N. H.]
[124: French eggs, which he purchased cheap in large quantities from an
importing house at Folkestone.]
Transcriber's Notes:
Original accentuation has been retained except for some inconsistent
diacritical marks in the original; the three instances are given below:
(a) In the List of Illustrations: THLEW-ĔE-CHOH-DEZETH
(b) In the illustration caption; THLEW-EE-CHOH-DEZETH
(c) In the text: Thlew-ĕe-chōh-dezeth.
All instances have been standardised as this last example.
Typographical errors corrected:
rages changed to ranges in paragraph 87
Impropropriety changed to Impropriety
recals changed to recalls
sidge changed to side
wil changed to will
836(date) changed to 1836
implicity changed to implicitly
Schichallion changed to Schiehallion
morever changed to moreover for consistency
cares changed to cures in paragraph 293
Unusual spelling retained:
immoveably
villanous and villany
In the Chapter XIII sub-heading, and the advertisments 'receipt'
is used rather than 'recipe', which is used elsewhere. Both words
having the same meaning in the context.
In the original there were two instances of paragraph 55. The first
instance has been renumbered as the 'missing' paragraph 54.
Paragraph 207 was not numbered in the original and has not been changed.
In the original there were 2 instances of paragraph 102, none of 103.
Second instance of 102. renumbered to 103. which agrees with chapter
heading.
Some illustration titles do not match the List of Illustrations.
In paragraph 44 the reference to 'XI. of paragraph 171' should refer to
'XI. of paragraph 141', and has been corrected.
End of Project Gutenberg's Dog Breaking, by William Nelson Hutchinson