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mischief. Defer then to another day your 

 better-directed endeavours for his advance- 

 ment ; or give to him, along with some discreet 

 individual of your kennel, a couple of the 

 morning hours ; during which a strict observ- 

 ance of all the formalities of discipline must 

 be made a point of honour between you ; and 

 let him then be led home by an attendant, out 

 of the reach of mischief; leaving you at liberty 

 to make out the day's diversion as you please, 

 with some of your other troops, about whose 

 characters you have less reason to be solicitous ; 

 or with such as are already above the point of 

 receiving injury by some little slips, which, 

 during the heat of service, with your eye some- 

 what too intent upon your game-bag, may be 

 very likely to occur. Occasions, indeed, will 

 present themselves, in certain situations, where 

 in order to secure a fallen bird, it may become 

 expedient to relax, or to supersede the strict 

 formalities of discipline, in a way that will not 

 do any permanent harm to a dog who knows 

 too well what you and lie are about, to draw 

 any improper inferences from a momentary 

 breach of order; but which would be utterly 

 ruinous to the morals of a young dog, whose 

 principles are not yet firmly established, and 

 infinitely retard the business of perfect tuition. 



