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strongly as he passes, which you will now take 

 care shall be ahead ; and perhaps stop him for 

 a moment to caress him, if you have reason to 

 conceive that it will be understood as an 

 acknowledgment of his improvement, and then 

 " HEY, AWAY !" &c. towards (i). Let him be 

 near his limits here before you move ; and then, 

 about half-way towards your next station, give 

 him the summons and the signal of advance as 

 you still continue to get on to (K) ; he under- 

 stands you, and increases the curve (as at i) of 

 his return towards you, which you thus secure 

 to have ahead. Inspirit him as he passes ; keep 

 up his rate ; but correct his line, by giving him 

 his proper rectangular direction (from K to L). 

 Again sweep him round, give him the signal of 

 advance as you move onwards towards (N), 



with " HOLD UP THERE, good dog ! HOLD UP 1" 



until, by these regular advances of yours, with 

 which he begins to act in concert, and his 

 increasing inclination to extend his beat, his 

 turns become longer and longer ; and, at last, 

 feeling the permitted extent of his range as an 

 imaginary chain, and yet willing to keep at its 

 utmost extent, this centrifugal tendency of his, 

 connected with your habitual recall of him, 

 becomes converted into the true and perfect 

 advance (as at L, M) at the end of each turn, 

 with a regular cross about ten or fifteen yards 



