human
But if, instead of waiting to load, I had gone after the winged bird just as it fell, when first I saw it start off running, the evil you have now spoken of (312) could not have occurred, for there would have but been little risk of losing it. Probably not, but you would have almost ruined your dog; and to secure this one bird, in all likelihood you would subsequently lose a hundred.[60] How could you with justice blame him if, when next you killed, he rushed headlong after the bird (instead of dropping patiently to the
gpt
You tell me to fire at a running bird, but when a winged cock-pheasant or red-legged partridge is racing off _out of shot_, how am I to get it, if I proceed in the slow, methodical manner you advise? May it not lead me an unsuccessful dance for an hour, if I do not allow the dog to start ahead and seize? It may, (but I hope months will pass before you witness such agility); and this shows that those who do not employ a retriever, and yet are sticklers for a setter's (or pointer's) never being permitted to touch a feather, must on such occasions get into a dilemma; and, unless they are willing to lose the bird, must plead guilty to the inconsistency of being pleased--however loudly they may roar out
human
Toho,