164 GOOD TRAINING EXEMPLIFIED. [CK. ix. 



soft bell ; but reminiscences of that capital old dog are leading me 

 away from your young one. 



278. For some days you cannot shoot to your pupil 

 too steadily and quietly I had well-nigh said too 

 slowly. By being cool, calm, and collected yourself, 

 you will make him so. I am most unwilling to think 

 that you will be too severe, but I confess I have my 

 misgivings lest you should occasionally overlook some 

 slight faults in the elation of a successful right and 

 left. Filling the game-bag must be quite secondary to 

 education. Never hesitate to give up any bird if its 

 acquisition interfere with a lesson. Let all that you 

 secure be done according to rule, and in a sportsman- 

 like manner. 



