X20 Different Sorts 



The manner of keeping Hounds in kennel, 

 T fuppofe I am not exped:ed to enter into : be 

 your Huntfman a fellow of very indifferent 

 judgment, and not one of the moft nafly 

 lazy rafcals, he will take care to keep his 

 kennel fweet, his Dogs clean littered, aired, 

 and Avatered, their provifions fufficiently 

 boiled, or rather Hewed. Avoid coarfe, raw, 

 and parboiled fiefli ; nothing fpoils the fa- 

 culty of fcenting more. 



As to the method of breeding Dogs, I 

 fhall only obferve. Gentlemen cannot be too 

 careful, at the proper fcafon, of the Sires 

 they want the fucceffion from. 



A very little fpoils the litter, and not- 

 withftanding all the care and vigilance pof- 

 fible, litter after litter fometimes prove 

 falfe and degenerate, from as high bred 

 creatures as any in the kingdom. 



I kept a Bitch in my chamber from the 

 earlieft tokens of her growing proud, and 

 had her fo clofe warded, I could have taken 

 my oath in all the time fhe never faw any 

 other Dog ; yet the whelps inherited few or 

 none of their Sire's qualities, nay fcarce the 

 colour 3 whence I proved that a Dog and 



Bitch 



