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out stickes or amazement — the characters of your com- 

 mand being so deeply imprinted on his knowledge ; and 

 to this end you must have no more teachers, no more 

 feeders, cherrishers, or correctors but one ; for multi- 

 plicity breeds confusion, and to teach divers wayes is to 

 teach no waye well ; also, you must be very constant to 

 the words you teach, chusing those which are the most 

 significant for the purpose, and fittest for the action you 

 have the dogge doe, and by no means alter that word 

 which you first use. When, therefore, you have made 

 your whelpe vmderstand these severall sounds or wordes, 

 and that he will couche and laye down at your feet, how 

 you please, when you please, and as long as you jilease, 

 and that mth a single worde or a looke onely, you shall 

 then proceed and teache him to leade in a line and collar 

 following you at your heeles, in decent and comely order, 

 neither going before or beside, which showes too much 

 haste, nor hanging backe, or strayning your line by the 

 means of too much sloathe, but following in decent and 

 orderly manner, without offence to the dogge or his 

 leader; and this kind of leading is to make the whelpe 

 familiar with you, that he may love and acknowledge 

 you and no man else. When this general obedience is 

 taught, which is done by observing his doings, and 

 moving him by sights or sports which may tempt him 

 to go beyond his boundes, and then to correct his 

 offences, and to cherrish and reward his obedience, you 

 shall then teache him to fetch and carry anything you 

 shall throw off your hand." Markham adds much more 

 practical matter in the training of the water spaniel : 

 he displays in these directions much kindness and 

 humanity towards the dog. However, no line can be 

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