In a treatise such as this, it would be impossible to give even the briefest epitome of directions for the various classes of game and wild-fowl shooting. Before, however, I close my address to the young disciple of the trigger, I will offer him a few familiar hints on a division of his craft neither the least in importance or interest,--namely, his relation to his best ally and friend, the dog. I am not going to suggest the species best suited to general shooting, as so very much depends upon the country to be hunted, and the chance that may direct selection; but whether pointer, setter, or spaniel, you will find your account in making such as you intend for coadjutors in the field your ordinary associates and companions. Try the experiment by committing one puppy of a litter entirely to the breaker, and retaining another (when the general rudiments of his education have been acquired) constantly with yourself, and at every opportunity subjected to gentle but firm discipline, and you will soon discover which is the better plan. Adopt the same system with a perfectly-made hunter--a master of his business; and you will soon find out the difference of being served by one who, from habit, will be enabled to understand your looks, and another who, at best, will have to puzzle out your wishes, or require to have them announced at the hazard of flushing half the game in the parish. With this parting word on the social economy of shooting, closes the last of those notices of our FIELD SPORTS which the publisher thought it convenient to appear in this volume, and the treatment of which he confided to me. If his purpose has been fulfilled, my desire will be accomplished,--the wish to please being our unity of design. The little talent the writer possesses, at all events will not have failed from lack of anxiety to accomplish his task: what is writ is writ,-- “Would it were worthier!” INDEX. Balance Step: its object to teach the Free Movement of the Limbs and Steady the Body in Walking, 28; Exercises, 28, 29. Balancing, 56; Position and Action, 57; Turns in, 57; its Importance in all Manly Exercises and Sports, 59. Belts, Utility of, and manner of Using, 7, 8. Bernardi’s System of Swimming, 92. Carriages: their Number and Variety in London, 176; Brilliancy in Hyde Park, 176. Carrying Weight, 60; Feats in, 61. Chase, Hints on the, 240; Excitements of the, 247, 248; Drawing a Cover, 248. Chariot Race, Poetical Description of a, 172. Climbing, different kinds of, explained, 64-68. Coaches, Accidents to, 217. Coach Horses: their Cost, 178; Best Breeds, 179; Strength, 181; Treatment, 181, 182; Hints for Purchasers, 182; Harness of, 185; Management, in Harness, 187. Coachmen: their Qualifications and Duties, 193-195; Hints for Night, 220. Comparative Strength of different Races of Men, 17. Derby Day, Description of a, 233-235. Dog, Familiar Hints for Young Sportsmen on the, 264.