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fully receive any lilnts or advice which you may think 

 fit to bestow upon him, either at home or in the field ; 

 and it is your business to take care that he is never, 

 upon any occasion, interfered with hy any one but your- 

 self: at the same time, he should preserve the most 

 respectful civility of attention to any remarks which 

 may be casually addressed to him by others. But it is 

 far less on your own account (although the pleasure of 

 your field, and your own popularity, may in a great 

 degree depend upon your huntsman's temper), it is less 

 for your own sake than for that of the hounds, that he 

 should be gifted, at least, with patience and forbear- 

 ance. There are two ways of doing everything : and 

 some things may be, perhaps, equally well done by 

 different plans ; but, without making so wide a distinc- 

 tion as that of the right from the wrong way, I confess 

 that I like to see an alacrity, a cheerfulness in com- 

 pliance, bespeaking real w^illingness in a servant. A 

 huntsman's whole life is illustrative of the " pleasure of 

 pleasing ;" and the " love me, love my dog " principle 

 may be easily discovered in his deportment. We know 

 how much, how very much, the temper of young horses 

 and other animals depends upon their mode of treatment. 

 I miofht carry this further, and advance a few hints to 

 parents and nurses, upon the management of children, 

 which might not be inapplicable ; but keeping at 

 present to the brute creation, and more especially to 

 our subject, the hound, you will find that the temper 

 and disposition of your hounds may be traced to the 



