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the entrance of them, or in their entering 

 themfelves when at keeping. At trying 

 young Hounds, great regard fliould be had 

 to the quarry they are entered at, becaufe a 

 Dog generally prefers the game he was at 

 iirfl: ufed to, and blooded with. This few 

 Sportfmen attend to, but, on the contrary, 

 if they can bring their young Hounds to 

 floop and challenge a Cat, Coney, or Red- 

 herring dragged by a ftring, think them- 

 felves well off with a fine promifing breed. 



The like may be obferved to fland good, 

 m ibme proportion, with refped; to the ii- 

 tuation. The Dogs that have been entered 

 in, and accuftomed to the Champain coun- 

 try, like hunting there, before the low-in- 

 clofed turf 5 fo low-land Hounds perform 

 better in woodlands and enclofures, than 

 the downs and fandy heaths. 



The time for entering young Dogs * takes 

 place according to the feafon they are whelped 

 in : in my judgment they fhould be a twelve- 

 month old ; eighteen months is a great age. 



* " Bitch puppies (hould be firft taken out to hunt at eight 

 *' months old, and Dogs at ten months." — Xenophon. 

 Allowance muft be made for the warmer climate of Greece. 



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