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shown ; i. e. the pupil is to be brought in, with 

 cheerful call, to DOWN ! (of course the whole 

 tone of the voice must be adjusted by a different 

 pitch-pipe from what would be used for a less 

 tender subject) ; and during the solemnity of 

 an admonition, in which the encouragement of 

 Good dog! &c. rather than the language of 

 threat, is interwoven, must be hardened by its 

 gentlest repeated fall over him, until he lies, 

 with a clear perception of your forbearance, in 

 fearless submission under it; and then to be 

 dismissed on beat again with more than usual 

 caresses, and accumulated encouragement. The 

 repetition of this friendly treatment, upon the 

 next occasion of error, will by degrees diminish, 

 and at length extinguish all alarm at the idea 

 of approaching you under the sense of fault; 

 the total extinction of which alarm, it is almost 

 superfluous to add, is the first point which it is 

 absolutely necessary on the part of every tutor 

 to secure, in order to get on with any pupil. 

 The additional conviction of your forbearance, 

 during the repetition of these submissions on 

 his part, will soon bring him to support a little 

 of the sting of the whip ; by which, in its 

 lighter modifications as applied to his sides, he 

 is eventually to be guided, in common with 

 some less troublesome fellow of hardier fibre, 

 who makes stronger calls on your arm, but less 



