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fre:h in his mind. You should always follow 

 up this practice everv dav, until your dog will 

 not attempt to stir after the rabbit, unless you 

 tell him, "Go seek for it," or "Go fetch it." 

 whichever words you accustom him to. If you 

 let a week or more elapse between the trials, 

 the dog will, to a great extent, have forgotten 

 his previous lessons, which is most dishearten- 

 ing:, and a waste of timt. When vour 

 retriever pup is steadv at the peg, the next 

 practice is bolting rabbits in the open, but, as 

 this chapter is already outrageously long, I will 

 commence a fresh one for that. 



