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the unfolding of his powers begin to render him 

 a little unmanageable ; viz. to plunge him over 

 head and ears in a strong turnip-field, amidst 

 the impediments of which he may be taught 

 both these lessons at once, with a greater chance 

 of command over him ; and I shall therefore 

 proceed to state some objections to it. 



In the irregular and desultory scramble with 

 which he has to work his way through the 

 entanglements of ground like this, he must of 

 necessity rattle up the game upon many occa- 

 sions unperceived, and where severities would 

 therefore be misapplied ; by the frequent repe- 

 titions of which, in neglect of verbal reproof, 

 he will acquire a habit of heedless blunder, 

 which will beget the necessity of correction 

 elsewhere, because utterly inadmissible any 

 where. Again, it is not on ground like this 

 that he can ever acquire the knowledge of his 

 distance; that most admirable qualification 

 which enables a man to act in concert with the 

 dog, so as to direct their mutual approach to 

 all advantage: nor is the sudden stab, which 

 you here obtain to a bird buried under his nose, 

 however it may contribute, by the admission of 

 your approach, to awe him into stanchness, by 

 any means so satisfactory, nor so fraught with 

 instruction upon the head of self-command, as 



