| CHAPTER I. |
| | | PAGE |
| PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. QUALIFICATIONS, IN BREAKER,—IN DOG | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| INITIATORY LESSONS WITHIN DOORS. SHOOTING PONIES | [9] |
| CHAPTER III. |
| INITIATORY LESSONS CONTINUED. SPANIELS | [20] |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| LESSONS IN “FETCHING.”—RETRIEVERS | [57] |
| CHAPTER V. |
| INITIATORY LESSONS OUT OF DOORS.—TRICKS | [76] |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER COMMENCED. RANGING | [99] |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| FIRST LESSONS IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CAUTION.—NATURE’S MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES | [111] |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CUNNING OF AGE.—RANGEOF FROM TWO TO SIX DOGS | [129] |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. “POINT” NOT RELINQUISHEDFOR “DOWN CHARGE” | [150] |
| CHAPTER X. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. ASSISTANT.—VERMIN | [165] |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONCLUDED. BAR.—LEG STRAP.—SPIKE-COLLAR | [176] |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| SHOOTING HARES. COURAGE IMPARTED.—“BACKING” TAUGHT | [194] |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| HINTS TO PURCHASERS. PRICE OF DOGS.—SHEEP KILLING | [210] |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| A REST BEYOND “HALF-WAY HOUSE.” ANECDOTES OF DOGS ON SERVICE AT HOME | [230] |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| ANECDOTES OF DOGS ON SERVICE ABROAD. RUSSIAN SETTERS | [249] |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| DISTINGUISHING WHISTLES. “BACKING” THE GUN. RETREATFROM AND RESUMPTION OF POINT. RANGE UNACCOMPANIEDBY GUN. HEADING RUNNING BIRDS | [278] |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| SETTER TO RETRIEVE. BLOODHOUNDS. RETRIEVERS TO “BEAT.”WOUNDED WILDFOWL RETRIEVED BEFORE THE KILLED | [294] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| BECKFORD. ST. JOHN. CONDITION. INOCULATION. VACCINATION. CONCLUSION | [307] |
| POSTSCRIPT: MR. L——G’S LETTER | [322] |
| APPENDIX: | |
| | COVERS, SHOOTING, LOADING | [328] |
| | TRAPPING.—OWL AS DECOY.—HEN HARRIER.—KEEPER’S VERMIN-DOGS.—STOATS | [331] |
| | REARING PHEASANTS.—CANTELO.—PHEASANTRIES.—MR. KNOX | [335] |
| | SETTERS.—POACHERS.—KEEPERS.—NETTING PARTRIDGES.—BLOODHOUNDS.—NIGHT-DOGS | [344] |
| INDEX, in which the figures refer to the numbers of the paragraphs,and not to the pages | [349] |