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young hounds but at vermin ; for he says, " train 

 up a child in the way he should go, and when he is 

 old he will not depart from it.'" 



The writer alluded to judiciously remarks, that, 

 * Hounds, at their first entering cannot be encou- 

 raged too much. When they are become handy, 

 love a scent, and begin to know what is right, it 

 will be soon enough to chastise them for doing 

 w7'ong ; in which case one severe beating will save 

 a deal of trouble. You should recommend to your 

 whipper-in, when he flogs a hound, to make use of 

 his voice as well as his whip, and let him remember, 

 that the smack of the whip is often of as much use 

 as the lash, to one that has felt it. If any are very 

 unsteady, it will not be amiss to send them out by 

 themselves, when the men go out to exercise their 

 horses. If you have hares in plenty, let some be 

 found sitting, and turned out before tliem, and you 

 will soon find the most riotous will not run after 

 them. If they are to be made steady from deer, 

 they should see them often, and they will not regard 

 them. Flogging hounds in kennel, the frequent 

 practice of most huntsmen, I hold in abhorrence ; it 

 is unreasonable, unjust, and cruel; and, carried to 

 the excess M^e sometimes see it, is a disgrace to hu- 

 manity. Hounds that are old offenders, that are 

 very riotous, and at the same time very cunning, 

 may be difficult to catch : such hounds may be ex- 

 cepted — they deserve punishment whenever it hap- 

 pens, and you should not fail to give it them ivhen 

 1/GU can. This you will allow is a particular case, 

 and necessity may excuse it — but let not the peace 

 and quiet of your kennel be often thus disturbed. 

 When your hounds offend, punish them: — when 

 caught in the act, then let them suffer — and if you 

 are severe, at least be just.' 



