Chapter 9

FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. "POINT" NOT RELINQUISHED FOR "DOWN CHARGE."

174. Affection makes Dog anxious to please--when he rushes in to be dragged back.

175. Rule pressed.

176. Reasons for Rule--Experience anticipated.

177. To "stand" far off.

178. Patience enjoined--Not to part as enemies.

179. The first good point--Remain yourself stationary.

180. "Heading" Dog--Your circle to be wide. The first Bird killed.

181. Finding dead Bird, it being to leeward.

182. Pointing it--Blinking it. The cause.

183. Bird killed, the Dog to go to "heel."

184. Supposed objection.

184. Answered.

185. Temptation to run after fallen Bird greater than to run to "heel."

186. Dog pointing one Bird, and after "down charge," springing the others. The cause.

187. The preventive. Dog never to discontinue his point in order to "down charge." How taught.

188. Its advantages exemplified.

189. Decide whether Dog goes direct to Bird, or first to you.

190. Dog which performed well--Snipe shooting on banks of Richelieu.

191. Coolness recommended--Inconsistency deprecated.