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all have different peculiarities of character which he 

 must study. They will all be hired as general monthly 

 servants, but for all this he should study each man, 

 and strive as much as possible to give him the work 

 he likes best. Some like herding, whilst others would 

 sooner take 10s. a month to do general work than oOs. 

 to herd. Some men cannot bear to see their wives 

 employed in the house or at other work, whilst others 

 are delighted to do so. Some men will be exceedingly 

 good servants as long as they are on the farm, whilst 

 if you send them to town with the wagon, or on an 

 errand, you might as well try to stop an avalanche as 

 to stop them from getting drunk. Some men will will- 

 ingly let their big boys work, and these often make 

 better herds for birds than the men ; but when the 

 farmer employs them he should never let any thing- 

 induce him to flog them : he should always send for 

 the father and let him do it ; he w^ill give them twice 

 the licking that the master ever would, and it takes 

 far more effect on the boy than the master doing it; 

 whilst if the master does it, the father wall generally 

 give notice to leave, or object to the boy working 

 any more. 



Sometimes a native servant wdll goad and annoy a 

 master till human nature can stand no more, and he 

 " goes for him ; " but in nine cases out of ten he makes 

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