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until it thickens ; after which it is to be boiled very gently until it 

 has been on the fire for half an hour, continuing the stirring to 

 prevent its burning. Lastly, draw the fiie, and ladle out the stuff 

 into the coolers, where it remains until it has set, when it acquires 

 the name with the solidity of " puddings." There should alwavs 

 be two qualities made, one beUer than the other for the more del- 

 icate hounds, which must be apportioned by the huntsman prop^ 

 erly among them. This may be reduced with cold broth, when 

 wanted, to any degree of thinness ; and the meat, being cut or 

 torn up, is mixed with it. 



.In feeding the hounds, the huntsman, having the troughs sup- 

 plied with the different qualities of food, orders the door to be 

 thrown open which communicates with the lodging-room ; then 

 having the hounds under proper control, they all wait until each is 

 called by name, the huntsman pronouncing each name in a decided 

 tone, and generally summoning two or three couple at a time, one 

 after the other. When these have had what he considers sufficient, 

 they are dismissed and others called in their lurn ; the gross feed- 

 ers being kept to the last, when the best and most nourishing part 

 has been eaten. By thus accustoming hounds in kennel to wait 

 their proper turn, and to come when called, a control is obtained 

 out of doors which could never be accomplished in any other way. 

 Once a week, on a non-hunting day in the winter, and every three 

 or four days in the summer, some green food, or potatoes or tur- 

 nips, should be boiled with the puddings. They serve to cool the 

 hounds very considerably. If this is attended to, very little physic 

 is required, except from accidental causes. 



A regular dressing and physicing is practised in some kennels, 

 the former to keep the skin free from vermin and eruptions, and 

 the latter with the same view, but also to cool the blood. This is 

 by no means necessary, if great care is taken with regard to clean- 

 liness, feeding, and exercise ; and in the royal kennels neither one 

 nor the other is practised, excepting when disease actually appears, 

 and not as a preventive measure. When it is considered desirable 

 to adopt either or both, directions for their use will be found given 

 in the next Book. 



