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Both dogs are quick killers and will, I am 

 sure, in time be perfect ; but as yet I do not 

 think myself justified in putting them into a 

 higher class with such dogs as Chance and 

 Tinker. 



There ! that is all for to-day, young gentle- 

 men. Resume your Cicero, and, while you are 

 preparing it, I will go to my room and look 

 over the impositions I set you yesterday. It 

 is understood that for " look over imposi- 

 tions" we may read, " Smoke cavendish in a 

 short black pipe." 



