COERCION. 33 



from one bit of timber to another ! " While the brown, 

 even faster than the chestnut, even safer than the bay, 

 would be the best, as he is the pleasantest hunter in 

 the world only nothing will induce him to go near a 

 brook ! 



It is only by exertion of a skill that is the embodiment 

 of thought in action, by application of a science founded 

 on reason, experience and analogy, that we can approach 

 perfection in our noble four-footed friend. Common- 

 sense will do much, kindness more, coercion very little, 

 yet we are not to forget that man is the master ; that 

 the hand, however light, must be strong, the heel, how- 

 ever lively, must be resolute ; and that when persuasion, 

 best of all inducements, seems to fail, we must not 

 shrink from the timely application of force. 



