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increasing velocities and distance ; by the time 

 you have completed which, it is probable that 

 he may be disposed to listen to your persuasions 

 of " Come in here !" and yield himself to your 

 hand. Have a care here that you do not abuse 

 his confidence; cherish him a little, but " DOWN! 

 DOWN !" Then lead him, awe-struck, but not 

 terrified out of his senses, to the very spot where 

 he first broke ground from your " TAKE HEED,'' 

 and give him a very solemn, but not a severe 

 correction, in form as above directed, duly inter- 

 larded with "TAKE HEED then! have a care!" 

 TAKE HEED !" When the discipline is over, 

 keep him in a little; and then put him on the 

 reeking haunt; and again " TAKE HEED! good 

 boy !" &c. 



I think I may now, Sir, venture to commit 

 him to your care; leaving it to your own judg- 

 ment to apportion the amount of future disci- 

 pline, as it may become due for unperceived 

 blunder, the burst of unguarded eagerness, 

 or the wilful desperate wickedness of a head- 

 long spring or chase : remembering that no slip 

 on the first head must ever pass unchallenged 

 and unawed; nor the shortest indulgence of 

 the last without the most determined punish- 

 ment. Under the possibility of necessities 

 created by this last circumstance, let me note 



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