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a proper degree of subordination ; but 

 then, I will ask, when these difficulties 

 are surmounted, is not the master repaid 

 in a tenfold degree for the expense, time, 

 and labour he has bestowed upon the 

 animal ? Surely the most stubborn 

 sceptic will acknowledge that I am justi- 

 fied in asserting that he is. 



It has been my lot to own some few, 

 and to meet with many, of the wildest 

 dogs of this breed ; but, by perseverance, 

 they have been conquered at last, and 

 have ever proved the stoutest andstanch- 

 est animals. A friend of mine became 

 possessed of one of the most headstrong 

 devils that ever was fired over, yet he 

 turned out one of the very best dogs I 

 ever remember. 



He belonged some years ago to a 



Colonel M , stationed at Tilbury Fort, 



who, however good a marksman at his 

 country's foes, was perfectly harmless in 



