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BUSINESS IN HAND. 



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about the lanes. Let him understand by your manner 

 that there is business in hand. Never let him enter a 



INCLINED TO 'RAT.' 



field before you. Always keep him at your heels, until 

 you give him the order to be off. You will find him dis- 

 posed to presume and encroach. According to the old 

 adage, " Give him an inch, and he will take an ell," He 

 will be endeavouring to lead rather than to follow, and, 

 should he fancy himself unobserved, he will most per- 

 severingly steal inch upon inch in advance. Be ever on 

 the watch, ready to check the beginning of every act of 

 disobedience. Implicit obedience in trifles will insure 

 it in things of more importance but see par. 345. 



132. For some time, but the period is uncertain, 

 say from his being eight months old until double that 



