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both love and fear the huntsman ; they should 

 fear him much, yet they should love him more. 

 Without doubt hounds would do more for 

 huntsmen, if they loved them better. Dogs 

 that are constantly with* their masters acquire a 

 wonderful deal of penetration, and much may 

 be done through the medium of their affections. 

 I attribute the extraordinary sagacity of the 

 buck-hound to the manner in which he is 

 treated. He is the constant companion of his 

 instructor and benefactor ; the man whom he 

 was first taught to fear, and has since learned 

 to love. Can we wonder that he should be 

 obedient to him .'' Oft have we viewed, with 

 surprise, the hounds and the deer amusing 

 themselves familiarly together on the same 

 lawn, — living, as it were, in the most friendly 

 intercourse ; and with no less surprise have we 

 heard the keeper give the word, when instantly 

 the verynatureof the dog seemed changed: rous- 

 ed from his peaceful state, he is urged on with 

 a relentless fury, which only death can satisfy 

 —the death of the very deer he is encouraged 

 to pursue. The business of the day over, see 

 him follow, careless and contented, his master's 

 steps, to repose on the same lawn, where the 

 frightened deer again return, and are again in- 



