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taking in a few private pupils. It is certainly 

 no small advantage to a puppy to have the per- 

 mission of being continually in the field with a 

 masterly shot; and where such a quantity of 

 various business is going on in his way, he 

 must be a dull dog if he does not pick up 

 something; and if he begins "to take it," as 

 the phrase is, it is all vastly well : and if, by- 

 and-by, he gets hold of a bit of point, he gets 

 full as much as his owner has any right to 

 expect for his money. I can not help feeling 

 myself interested for these brother professors 

 of canine instruction; and would willingly 

 shelter them from all misapplied imputations 

 of neglect. I say again, that if the pupil gets 

 hold of a bit of firm point, it is full as much as 

 he is entitled to : it is a good deal more than 

 nine out of ten ever do get hold of in this way. 

 A gentleman should limit his expectations to 

 the nature of the case. It is not in this school 

 that we are to look for refinements of education, 

 or any attempt to call forth talents. The few 

 guineas that are usually given for what is termed 

 " breaking in," would not pay for the shoe- 

 leather worn out in doing justice to a dog of 

 high courage and powers. To cultivate the 

 expanding faculties of an animal of this kind, is 

 no part of the contract: it is quite enough for a 

 tutor, of the description we have before us, that 



