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tion must be finally left to the discretion of the 

 tutor. 



It will be evident, that the means here recom- 

 mended for the cure of this defect, will apply 

 only to that species of it which has its founda- 

 tion in a tenderness of temper; originating not 

 unfrequently in a general delicacy of fibre, and 

 with which a high excellence of nose is some- 

 times connected ; for, and on account of which 

 valuable quality, a man will compound for some 

 obliquities of manner, and feel himself inclined 

 to make some sacrifices of patience and atten- 

 tion, in the fair attempt of attaching the pupil, 

 through the medium of that very excellence, 

 with an increase of ardour to his object. But 

 where the blink arises, as I am of opinion is 

 not unfrequently the case, from an actual defi- 

 ciency of the nose, which the dog, however well 

 dispositioned and willing to oblige, feels upon 

 repeated trials that he can have no confidence 

 in, and by consequence, with a mixture of 

 foolery and fearfulness of doing harm, as soon 

 as he perceives himself in the midst of game, 

 or gets his few wits puzzled by a haunt, comes 

 creeping, perhaps whimpering, in to heel, to 

 this species of the blink the above treatment 

 is certainly not meant to apply. The whip is 

 out of the question : coaxing will only make 



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