Never let your dog have a will of his own; but impress upon him, from the first, that your command is to be the rule of his actions; and never allow him to ramble about the neighbourhood, alone, or at the risk of falling into bad company, - "Evil communications," etc.

Never take the field without your whip. It is the only legitimate weapon of punishment, and the sight of it may, in many instances, save the skin of your pupil. But never fight in a passion. He that would have a cake out of the wheat must " bide the grinding."

Never pass a blunder unnoticed, nor a fault unpunish-ed; nevertheless, "love mercy." Keep your pupil down, under lecture, till you are friends again; then hey on 1

Never permit a race after a hare. Therefore never be tempted to shoot at one which rises before your dog. In case of necessity, shoot her in her seat.

Never head your dog, nor let him trifle his time behind you; but keep him ahead in his beat, and go hand in hand with him up to his point.

Never hunt a dog when he is tired down, lest he become a dealer in false points, and lose his gallantry of range.

Do not suffer your dog to ramble when going to, or returning from the field; but keep him strictly to your heel. It is not in the way of business.

Maxims In Fox Hunting

When your hounds are at fault let not a word be said - let such as follow them ignorantly and unworthily, says Beckford, stand all aloof. Procul, O procul este profani.

When your fox is found, keep cool and let your dogs get well settled on the scent, qui bene cepit, habet

In case of a loss, always give the hounds time to make their own cast. It's a rare case that justifies lifting hounds.

When hounds are in want of blood, wait for a good day, no matter how long, go early, choose a good quiet morning, and throw off where they are likely to find, and then kill if possible!

Technical Terms With Which It Becomes All Gentlemen To Be Familiar

A brace of Pointers or Setters.

A couple of Spaniels.

A couple of Fox-hounds.

Three and a half couple, (not seven hounds.)

A brace of Grouse.

A pack.of Grouse.

A brace of Partridges.

A brace and a half, (not three Partridges.)

To raise or spring Partridges.

A brace of Pheasants.

A pack of Pheasants.

A couple of Woodcocks.

To spring a Snipe.

A wing of Plover.

A pair - couple - -a brace.

A covey of Partridges. A pair is two united by nature; i. e, a pair of rabbits* A couple, by an occasional chain, as a couple of hounds. A brace, by a noose, or tie, as a brace of partridges. - A pair is a male and female; a couple two individual companions. A brace is two, at least, or three, tied together by sportsmen.

Shot

The following is an exact statement of the number of pellets contained in an ounce of shot of the following dimensions.

B.B

-

-

contains

58

pellets,

B.

-

-

-

"

65

"

No.

1.

-

-

-'

"

82

it

"

2.

-

-

-

"

112

ii

it

3.

-

-

-

"

135

" -

"

4.

-

-

-

"

177

"

"

5.

-

-

-

it

218

ii

"

6.

-

-

-

"

261

it

"

7.

-

-

"

289

it

"

8.

-

-

ii

660

"

"

9.

-

it

970

"

A Useful Recipe, For Sportsmen And All Others, To Render Boots And Shoes Water-Proof, And Make Themt Last Until The Wearer Gets Tired Of Them

From experiment of its efficacy we can recommend, above all we have ever tried, the following Recipe to prevent boots and shoes from taking in water, and to make them last.

The following extract from Col. Maarone's "Seasonable Hints," appeared in the Mechanic's Magazine, dated February 5, 1838.

After stating the utility of sheepskin clothing for persons whose employment renders it necessary that they should be much out of doors, he says, - "I will not conclude without inviting the attention of your readers to a cheap and easy method of preserving their feet from wet, and their boots from wear. I have only had three pair of boots for six years, and will want none for six years to come. The reason is that I treat them in the following manner: - I put a pound of tallow, and a pound of rosin into a pot on the fire; when melted and mixed, I warm the boots, and apply the hot stuff with a painter's brush, until neither the soles nor the upper leather will suck in any more.' If it is desired that the boots shall immediately take a polish, dissolve an ounce of bees-wax to an ounce of spirits of turpentine, to which add a tea-spoonful of lampblack. A day or two after the boots have been treated with the tallow and rosin, rub over them the wax and turpentine, but not before the fire. Thus the exterior will have a coat of wax alone, and shine like a mirror. Tallow, or any other grease, becomes rancid and rots the stitching, as well as the leather; but the rosin gives it an antiseptic quality which preserves the whole. Boots or shoes should be so large as to admit of wearing in them cork soles. Cork is so bad a conductor of heat, that with it in the boots, the feet are always warm on the coldest stone floor."