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tive, and make the best of them, remembering 

 that they are sketches which I claim the pri- 

 vilege of treating in my own familiar way; by 

 no means to be handed elsewhere, or as giving 

 any adequate idea of that scientific treatment 

 (I am not ashamed of the word) of which I do 

 think the subject capable. I can only, indeed, 

 from the mass of my conceptions, select a few 

 points, which, with a view to something like 

 system, are of chief importance, and which are 

 most applicable to what will be within the 

 scope of your practice. You must be prepared 

 also to follow most literally and implicitly my 

 directions, without asking for reasons which I 

 may hint at, but which I can not allow myself 

 room enough to give at large. If your pupil 

 should turn out to have any brains in his head, 

 you will not fail to find out those reasons ; and, 

 if I ever have the pleasure of seeing you again, 

 we will discuss their propriety and their impor- 

 tance, which you will by that time be able to 

 conceive somewhat more strongly then, I appre- 

 hend, you do at present. 



In the first place, then, send for the dog 

 from *, the moment you receive this 



* The nearest little town, about ten miles off, where the 

 dog was brought up. 



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