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and twisting his collar with your left hand, still keeping 

 him at the " down." Consider coolly whether you are 

 flagellating a thick-coated dog, or one with a skin not 

 much coarser than your own. Pause between each cut ; 

 and, that he may comprehend why he is punished, call 

 out several times, but not loudly, " Toho bad toho," 

 and crack your whip. Let your last strokes be milder 

 and milder, until they fall in the gentlest manner a 

 manner more calculated to awaken reflection than give 

 pain. When the chastisement is over stand close in 

 front of him, the better to awe him, and prevent his 

 thinking of bolting. Put the whip quietly in your 

 pocket, but still remain where you are, occasionally 

 rating and scolding him while you are loading; gra- 

 dually, however, becoming milder in manner that he 

 may be sensible that though your dissatisfaction at his 

 conduct continues, his punishment is over 241 to 242. 

 Indeed, if you have any fear of his becoming too timid, 

 you may at length fondle him a little, provided that 

 while you so re-encourage him, you continue to say 

 " Toho toho," most impressively then, giving him the 

 wind, go up together to the bird and make him " point 

 dead " close to it. Take it up, and let him fumble the 

 feathers before you loop it on the bag. 



223. Never let a dog whom you have been forced to 

 chastise bolt or creep away until you order him. If he 

 is ever allowed to move off" at his wish, he will improve 

 upon the idea, and on the next occasion will far too 

 soon anticipate yours. And do not send him off until 



