explanation, inform him distinctly that he must be governed wholly by
you in the progress of the dispute. If he refuses, decline to act on
that ground.

2. Use your utmost efforts to allay all excitement which your
principal may labor under; search diligently into the origin of the
misunderstanding; for gentlemen seldom insult each other, unless they
labor under some misapprehension or mistake; and when you have
discovered the original ground or error, follow each movement to the
time of sending the note, and harmony will be restored.

3. When your principal refuses to do what you require of hi, decline
further acting on that ground, and inform the opposing second of your
withdrawal from the negotiation.

CHAPTER III.
Duty of Challenger and His Second Before Fighting.

1. After all efforts for a reconciliation are over, the party
aggrieved sends a challenge to his adversary, which is delivered to
his second.

2. Upon the acceptance of the challenge, the seconds make the
necessary arrangements for the meeting, in which each party is
entitled to a perfect equality. The old notion that the party
challenged, was authorized to name the time, place, distance and
weapon, has been long since exploded; nor would a man of chivalric
honor use such a right, if he possessed it. The time must e as soon as
practicable, the place such as had ordinarily been used where the
parties are, the distance usual, and the weapons that which is most