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If he Is of high fpirit, and fo much above 

 his worky that he increafes in fleili, indica- 

 ting the leaft difplay of foulnefs from reple- 

 tion, let his exercife be proportionably ex- 

 tended ; on the contrary, if the fubjed is of 

 flender conftitution, lax habit, light in the 

 carcafe, and weak appetite, the digeftive 

 powers mull confequently be deficient, and 

 proceedings regulated accordingly ; becoming 

 entirely dependent upon circumftances and 

 judicious fuperintendance. 



In w^hat I term- the four centrical months 

 of the hunting feafon, when the days are ex- 

 ceedingly Ihort, and the weather fevere, the 

 mode of exercife muft be varied, and ren- 

 dered fubfervient to the changes that occur; 

 taking them out at fuch times as may be 

 found moft convenient under difficulties that 

 frequently arife. The rule, however, beft 

 adapted to general practice in favourable wea- 

 ther, is to let them have their exercife at 

 once, and that in the middle of the day, be- 

 tween or from the hours of eleven to 07ie ; 

 equally avoiding the chilling fogs of the 

 morning, and damps of the evening : having 

 it always in remembrance, that when pre^ 



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