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couraging voice used after the committal of the offence,, 

 would make it appear that he had since the fault been 

 high in favour. It would be rather too much to expect 

 him to reason and say, " Yes, but the hypocrisy was 

 only used to get me into the hands of him using it." 

 Now we will suppose that after having been most 

 unmercifully beaten, the dog does stop the next time 

 his name is hallooed out. A man, the calibre of whose 

 mind might enable him to think once but not twice, 

 would say, " You see he knew well enough what I 

 thrashed him for." Now the real fact would be, the 

 poor brute knew nothing at all about the matter J 

 but the reason he did stop is this : before being so 

 direfuUy punished and frightened, the excitement of 

 hunting engaged his attention more than the call of 

 the sportsman ; but after being punished, and hearing 

 his name dictatorially and angrily shouted, the next 

 time he hears it in the same tone and voice, it so 

 appals him that it diverts his attention from what 

 he is about, and he comes to the call the same as he 

 would on ordinary occasions, when not rendered 

 heedless by excitement. A brutal mind would in- 



