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yours ; and now deliberately reload. If the 

 motions in loading excite him to spring up and 

 be off, again " DOWN" with him ; the object 

 being to compel, and to familiarize him, to bear 

 this action, in patient expectation, at any dis- 

 tance : you are loaded ; pause a moment ; 

 caress and encourage him; but still to the tune 

 of " DOWN CHARGE !" and then " Come in!" - 

 yes, close in, as you now proceed direct to your 

 bird. Give him the wind at some distance to 

 leeward; and then, in a marked tone of voice, 

 " SEEK DEAD ! SEEK DEAD, good dog!" Let him 

 find the scent ; your whip ready, and you within 

 reach of him: if he finds, keep him steady 

 with "TAKE HEED, good dog!" There lies 

 the bird; he sees it; if he offer to dash, meet 

 the attempt with a severe cut, and make him 

 attend in patience to the conclusion of the 

 ceremony, with the solemn dirge of " WARE 

 DEAD I will you ? DEAD P Take it up gently ; 

 caress him, and present it to him : if he attempt 

 to snap, awe him with the whip, and lay it down 

 before him ; but do not toss it to him, lest he 

 should mistake the matter for insult, and be 

 discouraged from acknowledging a dead bird : 

 and from the persevering study of this impor- 

 tant lesson of seek dead, in which we are about 

 to give him some further instruction, let him 

 amuse, himself by turning over the bird with 



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