A ROUGH-SHOOTING DOG: REFLECTIONS FROM THICK AND UNCIVIL SORTS OF PLACES. By Charles Fergus.

2006 1st paperback edition. 8vo (152 x 229mm). Ppxii,234. B/w illustrations by Joe Fornelli. .

This book "chronicles the training and first hunting season of the author's English springer spaniel, Jenny. It is a book about the dramas, joys, and frustrations of hunting with a dog - and a pondering about land, wildlife, and the ways in which these facets of the natural world can be experienced fully through upland bird hunting." Chapters include: The burden of choice; They love well their masters; Whistle, buck and gun; Doing good; The Collaboration; The hunters and the hunted; The note; Hokumpoke moon; Separate breeds; The Despot; Partners; The Preserve; Out on the land; Let loose the spaniels; Of birds and fragrant stones; Ducks are different; Shooting flying; The life of a grouse; A mixed bag; The late season; The last hunt.