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the cleft at the other; tie it in tight, so as to cause 

 hirn some pain ; then give him a few stripes with a 

 whip, and let him run off; when he has tired him- 

 self, and refuses to run any longer, take the stick 

 from his tail', and beat him well about the head with 

 the fowl ; apply the whip also severely : there is little 

 doubt but this will prevent his ever running at fowls 

 again. If a dog be allowed to kill poultry unpunished, 

 it will make him hard-mouthed, and apt to break hrs 

 game; to say nothing of the injury he may do to his 

 master or neighbours. 



To return. At first taking your dog into the field, 

 you may suffer him to do as he pleases; and he will 

 most likely pursue indiscriminately every thing he 

 sees crows, pigeons, thrushes, &e. This eagerness, 

 however, being somewhat abated, he will content 

 himself with pursuing partridges and hares only, to 

 the former of which his natural instinct will more 

 particularly incline him; and, at length, becoming 

 tired of chasing these in vain, he will be satisfied, 

 after springing, to follow them with his eyes alone. 

 He will not do the same with hares; for seeing they 

 do not leave the ground like the partridge, but run 

 like himself, he will not relinquish the hope of over- 

 taking them ; but continue to chase hares untrl cor- 

 rected by education ; and this can only be done where 

 they are plentiful, and the dog in the habit of seeing 

 them continually. 



As soon as your young dog begins to hunt, and you 

 perceive he knows his game, the best method will be 



