1. Toho!

2. Down charge!

3. Back or heel!

4. Steady! steady there!

5. Go on! on!

6. Hold up! up!

7. Seek dead! find dead Bird!

8. Fetch!

9. Drop, sir!

10. To mouth a Bird.

11. To run wild.

EXPLANATION OF THE ABOVE TERMS.

1. To make Pointers or Setters come to a stand.

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lie down while loading.

go behind.

careful when game is about. rise-a term of encourage

ment.

hold his head up so as to

wind the game.

look for a dead Bird.

bring the dead Bird.

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deliver up the dead Bird.

10. To bite or chew a Bird severely.

11. To run heedlessly, without caution.

By a pair is understood two of the same kind or species united or paired by nature, male and female. Therefore, how evidently wrong it is to say a pair of Pointers, or a pair of Setters.

By a couple, or brace, is understood the involuntary union of two individual companions of the same species, either by a chain, noose, or tie.

SMALL WILD-FOWL, OR SHORE BIRDS, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

A flock of.

A couple of.

A couple and a half of.

REED BIRDS AND RAILS.

A flock of Reed Birds.

A dozen of Reed Birds.

Five, ten, fifteen, or twenty Rails.

To get up a Rail.

To mark a Rail.

HARES.

A brace of Hares.

A leash of Hares.

To start or move a Hare.

LARGE WILD FOWL.

A flock, team, or badelynge of Wild Ducks. A company or trip of Wild Ducks.

A gaggle or flock of Geese.

A flock of Teal.

FOR the most general and useful information regarding Dogs, we beg to refer our readers to the American edition of "Youatt," published under our supervision, a short time since, by LEA & BLANCHARD. This valuable work contains nearly all that is requisite for a Sportsman to know in reference to these interesting animals; and the enterprising publishers deserve high commendation, and the thanks of the whole Sporting community, for the very excellent manner in which they have put it through the press. No Sportsman, or even admirer of the faithful Dog, should be without a copy of this beautiful and instructive volume; in fact, every one who reads it at all. will find abundance of interesting matter in its pages.

The author of this work, as a Veterinary Surgeon, had for many years no rival in England; his close observation, unremitted industry, and extensive practice in the veterinary art, enabled him, during a series of years, to lay up a store of information on these subjects that no other individual could have possibly collected. Youatt's attention, either from choice

or the force of circumstances, was particularly directed to the study of the history and pathology of the canine race; and Sportsmen cannot be too thankful for the much useful matter that this practical writer has embodied in his work; and which, by the by, was only given to the public a short time before the close of an honorable life, the greater portion of which was spent in the noble effort to alleviate the sufferings, lighten the labors, exalt the position, and teach the inestimable worth, of our domestic animals.

Much valuable pathological information, as well as other general matter, will be found in this publication, which, upon the whole, renders it the most complete work that has ever been dedicated to this faithful animal; and, as we said before, should be in the hands of every lover of the Dog. The book is beautifully embellished with numerous spirited engravings, which not a little enhance its value in the eyes of every one. We do not intend our observations as a puff, either for ourselves as connected with the publication of the work, or for the benefit of those who have brought it out, but we wish rather to draw the attention of the reading public generally to the examination of the volume, being convinced that it needs only to be known to be properly appreciated; and by thus causing it to be appreciated, we are richly repaid in the pleasant reflection that we have done something towards elevating the condition of that animal, which, above all others, owing to his untiring devotion and never-ceasing fidelity, should elicit the greatest kindness and best treatment from the hands of mankind.

The Dog, par excellence, may be considered the type of all that is noble and great; for, certainly, incorruptible fidelity, disinterested attachment, and a never-ceasing desire to be useful to man are attributes sufficiently high in their moral bearing to entitle the possessor to this exalted position from among all other animals. From the remotest ages of the world down to the present time, we find the Dog the intimate associate of man, the protector of his habitation, the guardian of his flocks. No neglect, no ill treatment, can drive him from our doors; he bears every oppression, forgives every blow, and obeys every