the faithful animal would leave him neither night nor day. Wherever old Daniel appeared, Dash was to be seen; and the dog was of great service to his master in his nocturnal perambulations. The game, at that season, the dog did not regard in the least, though no spaniel was more active in this respect in the daytime. But at night, if a strange foot had entered any of the covers, Dash, by a significant whine, informed his master of the circumstance; and many poachers were captured in consequence of this singular intelligence. After some years, old Daniel was seized with a disease which produced a consumption, and ended in death. During the progress of this fatal disorder, while old Daniel was able to crawl about, Dash regularly attended him; and when at length the old man was confined to his bed, the dog took his station at the foot of it. When death relieved the old man from his sufferings, the dog refused to quit the body, but lay upon the bed by the side of it. For some time the animal would take no food; and, although after the burial, he was taken to the hall and caressed as much as possible, yet he took every opportunity of creeping back to the room in the cottage where his old master breathed his last, where he would continue for hours; from thence he daily visited the grave, and, at the end of fourteen days, the animal died, having absolutely pined away.

CHAPTER VIII.

MAXIMS FOR SPORTSMEN.

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," &c.

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 unpunished; nevertheless, "love mercy." Keep your pupil down, under lecture, till you are friends again; then hey on!

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 be

come 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.

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A USEFUL RECIPE, FOR SPORTSMEN AND ALL OTHERS, TO
RENDER BOOTS AND SHOES WATER-PROOF, AND MAKE THEM
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 teaspoonful 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