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been committed ; or of Down charge ! 

 where his refusal to understand this great 

 point of duty may render correction expe- 

 dient, &c. 



NEVER carry this punishment beyond the law 

 of all endurance, so as to scare him out of 

 his senses : let it be ample, but regulated 

 with judgment, according to temper. If 

 upon any occasion you have carried it a 

 stroke or two too far, take still more espe- 

 cial care to keep him down under lecture so 

 much the longer, until he has time to 

 recollect himself, and to find out that his 

 only means to be at liberty again is to be 

 friends with you. 



NEVER avenge upon your dog your own errors 

 in shooting. Neither let the giddy triumph 

 of some fortunate shot atone for the heed- 

 less rattle by which he may have driven 

 the bird within your reach, nor for any 

 lawless violence by which he may further 

 assist you in laying hold of it. Give up 

 the shot to a certainty, with a young dog, 

 rather than give any encouragement to this 

 heedless rattle; and although it were to 

 secure a cock-pheasant, disabled for flight 

 by a tip upon the wing, and on the full run 



