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former case, do not rush forward : Sir, he will 

 be apt to mistake your run for encouragement, 

 and it will inflame his dash : thunder out the 

 " DOWN CHARGE !" and try what that, and the 

 crack of the whip will do, perhaps it will stop 

 his pointing towards the bird; still keep him 

 stopped ; patience ! and load at leisure. Now, 

 Sir, here is a nice point ; you must not call him 

 in, for fear of laying the foundation of blinking; 

 and he must not stir one inch until you get up 

 to him : and yet, gasping as he stands, within a 

 few yards of the bird, felt full in his nose, and 

 perhaps quivering before his eye; under the 

 conflict of passions, of surprise, of instinctive 

 impulse, and the dread of correction ; his nerves 

 wound up to agony ; your first step, the very 

 motion of your hand in loading, will give him a 

 tendency to start: you must watch him nar- 

 rowly, therefore ; and, by the slowly-continued 

 note of " TAKE HEED !" sharpened into instant 

 harshness, and aided also by the keen crack of 

 the whip upon the least motion to stir, keep 

 him in check until you manage this point, and 

 are reloaded. If he dashes and seizes, at him 

 directly ; drag him back as before ; and, on the 

 spot where he broke ground from the fire, give 

 him, in form and order as already prescribed, to 

 the solemn notes of " DOWN CHARGE ! how 

 dare you? DOWN CHARGE, then!" a thorough 



