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September, (for I am supposing you to be in England) 

 while you break in your pup, you shall then be able to 

 take him into the field, provided he is tolerably well 

 bred and well disposed, perfectly obedient, and, except 

 that he will not have a well-confirmed, judicious range, 

 almost perfectly made ; at least so far made, that he 

 will only commit such faults, as naturally arise from 

 want of experience. Let me remmd you also, that the 

 keep of dogs is expensive, and supplies an argument 

 for making them earn their bread by hunting to a useful 

 purpose, as soon as they are of an age to work without 

 injury to their constitution. Time, moreover, is valuable 

 to us all, or most of us fancy it is. Surely, then, that 

 system of education is best which imparts the most 

 expeditiously the required degree of knowledge. 



