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According to our tables, such a vane would be in unstable equilibrium when pointing directly into the wind; for if by chance the wind should happen to strike one plane at 39 degrees and the other at 41 degrees, the plane with the smaller angle would have the greater pressure, and the pointer would be turned still farther out of the course of the wind until the two vanes again secured equal pressures, which would be at approximately 30 and 50 degrees.
By then drawing the platform to its balancing point, the location of the center of gravity will at once be indicated on the scale by the pointer over the central trunnion. The weights may be arranged on a decimal system, with intermediate weights for closer working, or they may be made so as to express multiples or factors.
"'He stands before you, replied Tim, steadying himself a little by affectionately hanging on to the horse's tail. "'You sir? you're unfit for duty, and I'll report you, sir, at headquarters, said the aid, who was a West Pointer, you know, stiff as a poker in regimentals.
He seems to think I'll know what to do for them." "I only hope he won't happen upon a newborn rattlesnake or copperhead and bring it to you for refuge," answered the Master. "I never saw another dog, except a trained pointer or setter, that could handle birds so tenderly. He "
The first question on the return of the sportsmen was, an inquire for Clio; search was made, and she was found quite stiff in the stable, having apparently come home to die. Of the general intelligence of the pointer, the following is a proof. A gentleman shooting in Ireland, with a dog totally unused to fetch and carry, killed a snipe.
"Well, a poultice draws poison out of a wound, you see," said Rob, "and mud is good for that. We had a pointer dog once, and he came home with his face all swelled up, and my father said he had been bitten by a snake.
Some events are more aromatic than others; they can be detected by the trained pointer long before they happen. When things are going on that have a strong vibration what foreign correspondents love to call a "repercussion" they cause a good deal of mind-quaking. An event getting ready to happen is one of the most interesting things to watch.
The fact that the sagacity of the pointer is hereditary shows that it is the development of an instinctive propensity; for simple knowledge is not transmitted by blood from one generation to another.
Then I lay watching the brutes as slowly they crept on, one foot before the other, just as a pointer advances towards where the covey lies hid. In another instant they might spring upon me. It struck me that they probably did not like the embers of the fire, so I took my long pole, and beat or stirred up the ashes with it, making them send forth showers of sparks.
The Pointer is a noble breed to take up, as those still in middle life have seen its extraordinary merit whenever bred in the right way. As to the essential points of the breed, they may be set down as follows:
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