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CHAPTER VI. 



I TRUST that, in the five chapters I have 

 written, I have said enough to give some 

 of my scholars a slight taste and liking for 

 the profession I am advocating, and in some 

 small degree have weaned their young 

 affections from such pernicious pastimes as 

 studying classical authors, doing sums, and 

 cutting their names on their desks. If I 

 have not done this I have written to little 

 purpose, and I ftar the next chapter will 

 damp off a few who have only followed me 

 and my dogs on fine days in pleasant paths ; 

 but I may as well tell you at once that life is 

 no more all beer and skittles in rat-catching 

 than it is in such minor professions as the 

 Army, the Church, the Bar, school-keeping, 



