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short his ranges from you are at first ; but this 

 system of crossing the general line of your 

 progress into the wind must be adhered to. 

 He will soon, if you manage him with judg- 

 ment, take his ranges each way; and leave 

 you, without so much fatigue, nearly in the 

 centre. 



We will suppose that he is gone off hand 

 some hundred yards to the right ; this is full 

 far enough, or perhaps too far to trust him at 

 first : Check him with the whistle, and " Cato ! 

 BACK HERE, BACK!" stopping yourself at the 

 time. We w r ill suppose that he obeys your 

 call, by his head thrown round at the summons ; 

 by a stop of attention in sympathy with yours ; 

 and, with some hesitation at being thus inter- 

 rupted in his gallop, by making an, as yet, imper- 

 fect hunt of his way back directly towards you. 

 Receive him with all possible encouragement, 

 and show him his road to a similar range on 

 your left, by setting off towards it yourself as 

 he approaches, by the eager index of your 

 hand, and by the cheering notes of " HEY ON, 

 good dog ! HEY ON." If, in the increase of his 

 distance from you, he looks back under the 

 apprehension of control, let it be, " HEY ON ! 

 HOLD UP !" to the limits of your intended range. 

 If he do not obey your summons of recall, 



