CH. xi.] PUNISHMENT HOW ADMINISTERED. 189 



fie has not torn the bird ; if he has, his chastisement 

 must be greater. Let him now have one nibble without 

 punishment, and soon a whole carcass will not suffice 

 for his morning's meal. Do not strike him across the 

 body, but lengthwise. 



323. An ill-tempered dog might attempt to bite you. 

 Prevent the possibility of his succeeding, by grasping 

 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 into your 

 pocket, but still remain where you are, occasionally 

 rating him and scolding him while you are loading ; 

 gradually, however, becoming milder in manner, that he 

 may be sensible that, though your dissatisfaction at his 

 conduct continues, his punishment is over (342 to 347). 

 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. 



324. 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 



