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the youngster was not alarmed at the report of the gun. She 

 replied that it was doubtless attributable to his perfect confidence 

 that he should not be hurt, as he had never undergone any punish- 

 ing during the whole course of his training. 



167. Ladies' pets are a proof that dogs can, as easily as children, 

 be effectually spoiled by injudicious kindness ; but canine nature 

 contrasts with infant nature in this, that no petting or spoiling will 

 withdraw a dog's affection from the individual to whom he first 

 becomes attached in a new home, provided that person continues 

 but decently civil to him. And be this a caution to you. If ever 

 you have a stranger to instruct, let no one but yourself associate 

 with or feed him for many days after his arrival. You may then 

 feel assured of afterwards possessing his unrivalled affections, 

 especially if to you alone he is to be grateful for his enjoyment in 

 the field ; and you must win his affection, or he will not strive to 

 his utmost to assist you. 



168. A well-known poaching character, though ostensibly, and 

 by profession, a dog-breaker, was remarkable for the fondness 

 immediately evinced for him by all dogs placed under his care. He 

 was not particular about his dress ; and it at length transpired that 

 it was his custom to make up a bed, for all new comers, in his room, 

 of the clothes he had just taken off. This so habituated the dogs 

 to the scent of his person, by night as well as by day, that they 

 became unwilling to quit it, especially as the man was naturally 

 good-tempered, nnd always treated them with great kindness. 



169. Captain Parry relates of the Esquimaux dogs, that they are 

 far more attached, from kindnesses received in youth, to the 

 women, than to the men ; and that, consequently, the latter, it) all 

 cases of difficulty, are obliged to apply to their wives to catch the 

 almost woolly animals, and coax them to draw unusually heavy 

 loads. The beloved voice of the women will control and animate 

 the dogs to exertion, at a time when the words of the men would 

 be powerless, and their blows only produce irritation or obstinacy. 



