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yourself. I call this therefore a valuable lesson ; 

 because it not only insures to you the means of 

 never losing a bird, but because it inoculates 

 your pupil with the most valuable of all quali- 

 fications, with SAGACITY ; with the faculty of 

 perceiving the progress of a haunt, which these 

 showy fools will never know a syllable of till 

 doomsday; with every thing which is hereafter 

 to be admired in the exertion of intellect; with 

 every thing which is to be obtained by the 

 advantages of design over the contingencies of 

 accident. 



But to your dog. Keep close to him, on his 

 left ; your right hand being at liberty to caress 

 or check him: encourage him with "HOLD UP, 

 good dog!" or, as he presses, "HAVE A CARE*!" 

 Give him time enough, and let him make every 

 thing out himself: if he loses the haunt, take 

 him entirely round the spot, but near you ; let 

 the prepared hold of your gun, and the eager- 

 ness of your eye, express the business of inquiry ; 

 it is a language he will very soon understand : 

 do not you give it up, nor stop, as tired ; for he 

 : will catch the infection, and have done: keep 

 moving: if you do stop, still talk to him with 

 " Good dog, SEEK DEAD! SEEK DEAD!" You 



* See Vocabulary, at Have a care. . , 



