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pupil will most directly be brought to compre- 

 hend the object, on account of which he per- 

 ceives himself called upon, in the most coercive 

 language, to respect "the find." I must here 

 once more have recourse to the familiar dialect 

 of the field ; by means of which, in the way of 

 exemplification, I shall more effectually than 

 by any formal arrangement, however studiously 

 given, of less interesting precepts, convey my 

 notions about working up a dog to a complete 

 knowledge of his duty upon this great point ; 

 which ignorance fatigues itself in the ineffectual 

 struggle to put at the beginning, but which it 

 hath been my endeavour to place in its more 

 proper situation, at the conclusion of a perfect 

 education. * * * * * * * * * * 



