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wrong direction. Be very easy and go careful now, for much 

 depends upon starting rLh r . When all is ready wave your 

 hand in just the opposite direction from the one that you 

 have been accustomed to, and when he has taken two or 

 three strides, sound the two short notes with your whistle, 

 and at the instant he turns his head toward you, wave your 

 hand in the other direction and proceed as in former lessons. 

 Should he be loth to turn, you must use good judgment and 

 get him used to it without getting him discouraged ; per- 

 haps by making him To lio when he refuses to turn, and then 

 sending him in Ihe new direction you will get safely over the 

 difficulty. But it is seldom that you will have any trouble 

 if you have puisued a proper course in his earlier lessons and 

 thoroughly instilled into his mind that he must obey. We 

 have been often surprised to see how readily our pup would 

 at the first trial turn and take the direction indicated, thus 

 showing that our efforts to make him feel confidence in us 

 and that he could implicitly trust us, were crowned with 

 success, and that instinctively as it were he obeyc d the motion 

 of our hand, although thinking that the meat was in the 

 opposite direc ion. 



After you once get this first turn accomplished the rest is 

 comparatively easy, but do not hurry him as nothing is 

 gained, and much may be lost by undue haste ; and you will 

 find that if you drill him in this until he is reasonably per- 

 fect before going any further, that when you co:ne to try 

 him with the second turn, he will all the more readily com- 

 prehend and obey. If at the successive steps in these lessons 

 you are through with each one before attempting the next, 

 you are sure to find your r jward for your patient labor in the 

 great satisfaction that you will experience when you cast him 

 loose among the birds and witness the practical illustration 

 of your wisdom and success as a teacher that he will be sure 

 to afford you. 



It is better to confine his beat to quite narrow limits at first, 

 as this will keep him near you and make it easier for you to 

 check him at once, should his performance be faulty. Three 

 or four strides will generally be found sufficient, and in some 



