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back to a lecture and correction, on the very 

 spot where the bird fluttered from your hand ; 

 very formal, but moderated with judgment, in 

 order to impress a due submission to " WARE 

 CHASE!" and then again follow up the bird as 

 before. 



But you had your second shot at the bird: 

 down or not down, stand still, and volley out 

 instantly the challenge of " DOWN CHARGE!" 

 If you have blundered and missed, and the 

 bird be totally gone, exchange it for " WARE 

 CHASE !" to check what he has by this time 

 most likely been roused to ; and, waiting until 

 you get him in as well as you can, give him 

 a, thorough dressing* and lecture, to the down 

 ch&rgt, as before directed. 



If you have killed, and he has dashed to thas 

 second fall of the bird, at him instantly! lie 



* 'I must here admonish you that, on this as well as every 

 similar occasion, you do not go violently to work with the 

 whip, to flog away upon the carcass of your companion the 

 vexations arising from your own errors in shooting. Let 

 even4ianded justice mete out unto him only the measure of 

 punishment due to his delinquency, A dog will have qujte 

 enough to answer for on the score of his own heedlessness 

 and intemperance, without being called on to exprate the 

 blunders of his tutor. 



