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we shall now proceed, and in all due form 

 introduce him to a knowledge of his business, 

 with the direct use of the gun. Prepare your- 

 self to do it with effect ! 



I will suppose that by these preparatory 

 lessons, either with or without the gun, you 

 have obtained a stop upon game; a pause, at 

 least, of reflection, although not stanch. I 

 have already said, Never rush on towards your 

 dog the moment you perceive him find. Sir, 

 the great secret of making a dog stand, is to 

 stop yourself. If you have no other method of 

 stopping, than by the chance of a race with him, 

 you had better lay hold of his tail at first going 

 out, and never quit it; for fear that he should 

 get, as he has at present, the start of you by 

 fifty yards at least. Let your attention be alive 

 to his every show of haunt; if he grows hot, 

 and gets on too fast, warn him with " Have a 

 care, Cato !" and, on the first draw towards a 

 find, arrest him with " TAKE HEED !" Keep him 

 there as well as you can, by the warning of your 

 voice, which by this time he ought to respect; 

 by the signal of the hand, or whip, raised in 

 threat ; and by the certainty of a trimming, if 

 he springs. Advance deliberately : if he per- 

 ceives it and presses, check him and stop ; and 



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