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to the possessors of territorial property in the 

 country, that, where the demand for game is of 

 so imperious a nature, they must not be disap- 

 pointed, if they do not find their young dogs 

 make all that progress in their education which 

 they have so eagerly expected from them. A 

 man whose mind is so highly bribed to slaughter, 

 and a resolute possession of the game, is quite 

 out of the question as a teacher of moralities; 

 which, on the part of the tutor, as well as the 

 pupil, have their foundation in continual self- 

 denials and forbearances. He must give up 

 the birds for the sake of the dog, in too many 

 instances, to be at all compatible with that 

 mixed character in which he is of necessity 

 called upon to act. 



And here it may not be unnecessary to make 

 an extension of this hint to those gentlemen, 

 with whom, from their want of skill or leisure 

 to make any thing of a young dog, it is a 

 material object, as the only means of his attain- 

 ing any thing in the shape of education, to get 

 him put out for awhile with a keeper, who finds 

 it convenient to increase his emoluments by 



tentage : this, however, ought to be a handsome one ; and I 

 should think that some difficulty would occur, in keeping a 

 clear check on this honourable partnership. 



