Always carry a whip, but never get in a passion ! Without a whip a great many faults are passed over that otherwise would have been corrected; and the dog, at last, becomes absolutely vicious. Some think it not wrong for a dog to chase a wounded bird, when desired to fetch, provided he is in command. But the better way is to shoot the bird again. A dog should never be allowed to hunt out of hearing, or, unless near you, to cross a fence.

This is esteemed, for common field sport, in this country, the only breaking necessary for a well-bred dog; and none should be trained, as aforesaid, whose pedigree is not as clear, and free from spot, as that of Sir Archy himself.

Some dogs show no great disposition to hunt till three or four years old. The late Doctor Smith, as keen and accomplished a sportsman as ever pulled a trigger, and from whom we derived in totidem verbis most of these hints, told us that he once had a dog four years old, who never pointed till he was past two, and at four was the most promising dog he ever owned.

It teaches that much patience should be used, and much time taken, before we abandon to his bad habits, a dog of good family,; just as many a father has lost a noble son by not bearing a little longer with his indiscretions. Then it is that a kind mother's intense affection sometimes steps in to plead for, and if need be, like the king of birds, "offering their own lives in their youngs' defence."

Men differ in their tastes about dogs as well as about wine, and other things. Some prefer the Pointer; others the Setter. The difference between them is thus briefly described by good authority. The Pointer and the Setter, though used for the same. purpose, offer individually a very different object for contemplation, either as regards their external appearance, or their mode of questing game. The Setter is fleeter than the Pointer; and, as his feet are small and much protected by hair, he has a decided advantage on hard ground, or in frosty weather. But, at the commencement of the shooting season, when the weather is oppressively hot, he suffers more from thirst than the Pointer, arising, no doubt, from his long, thick, and warm coat of hair, which, though extremely convenient in cold weather, nevertheless exposes this generous animal to great inconvenience during the intense heat of the month of August, particularly on mountains where water is seldom to be met with. On the whole the Setter is a hardy, high-spirited animal; but he is often found troublesome to break, and can only be kept steady by incessant practice; backed, but too frequently by severe correction. For those who follow the diversion very ardently, the Setter will generally be found a valuable acquisition; but those who enjoy the fascinating amusement only occasionally, will find more satisfaction in the more steady and better regulated temper and exertions of the Pointer.

We may add here again, the remarks of the late S. B. Smith, M. D., of the United States Army, who gave decided preference to the Pointer. "I have noticed a fault of a generic character, and consequently irremediable, in Setters. It is an inability to run long, in hot weather, without free access to water. This, taken in conjunction with his difficult temper, determined me in favor of the Pointer."

To illustrate the sagacity of both of those superb specimens of the canine race, as well as the interesting and beautiful, not to say intellectual character of their performance, we must take room to record the following anecdotes, related to the writer by a friend, and duly registered at the time.

In hunting after grouse, in New Jersey, rather late in the season, when birds are difficult to find, we had two Setters in the field. It was observed that one would cast off and range wide in the field; while the other kept within range of the first, and nearer to the sportsmen. After an hour or two, the outranging dog would come in, and the other would cast off and range wide, while the first hunted near; and this alternate changing of position, and ranging close or wide, was maintained by the dogs for the greater part of the day, of their own consideration and instinct, without signal from their master. At last, towards evening, their industry and sagacity were rewarded by the outer dog's striking the trail of a small pack, which was immediately observed by the inner dog, who closed upon the other; and both dogs, after a beautiful trail upon their bellies, side by side, for nearly a quarter of a mile, as the birds kept moving, brought up upon a fine set, and left the rest of the duty to the sportsmen.

In another instance, but with different dogs, the birds could not be made to stop, but kept rapidly travelling before the dogs as they frequently do late in the season. After a long and ineffectual trail in this way, one of the dogs, a remarkably fine Pointer, cast himself off from the rest, and making a wide range over the plain, whirled, and came' up in front of the birds. This manoeuvre had its desired effect The birds stopped; the other dogs soon closed, and the birds were on a squat between them, all the dogs on a point. The sportsmen coming up soon, the birds were flushed, and ample work made with the pack. For brilliant actions like these, Bonaparte was wont to knight his generals on the field of battle, as for instance, Davoust on the field of Wagram. But one of the most extraordinary evidences of the reasoning power of dogs, happened as we have been credibly informed with a pointer dog, property of Mr. Peyton Randolph, of Virginia. Under his master's orders, when a hare was shot in the field, he would take charge of it and deliver it over honestly and faithfully as directed to the cook; but, he would then retire out of view, and seize the first opportunity, in the absence of the cook, to steal it, and go off and bury it, for his own use, at a convenient season.

" ------------- let cavillers deny

That brutes have reason; sure 'tis something more: 'Tis Heaven directs, and stratagems inspire, Beyond the short extent of human thought"