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rest. If they have had a severe day, they are fed 

 again some hours after. 1 As to the method above 

 mentioned, it may be more convenient, perhaps, to 

 have the hounds all together ; but I cannot think it 

 necessary, for the reason that is given ; and I should 

 apprehend, a parcel of idle hounds shut up amongst 

 such as are tired and inclined to rest, would disturb 

 them more than all their licking would make amends 

 for. When you feed them twice, keep them separate 

 till after the second feeding : it would be still better, 

 were they not put together till the next morning. 



Every day, when hounds come in from hunting, 

 they ought carefully to be looked over, and invalids 

 should immediately be taken care of. 2 Such as have 

 sore feet, should have them well washed out with 

 brine, or pot-liquor. If you permit those hounds that 

 are unable to work, to run about your house, it will be 

 of great service to them. Such as are ill, or lame, 

 ought to be turned out into another kennel ; it will be 

 more easy to give them there the attention they may 

 require, both as to medicine and food. 



Every Thursday during the hunting-season, my 

 hounds have one pound of sulphur given them in 



1 My hounds are generally fed twice on the days they hunt. Some 

 will feed better the second time than the first; besides, the turning them 

 out of the lodging-house refreshes them : they stretch their limbs, empty 

 their bodies ; and, as during this time their kennel is cleaned out, 

 and litter shaken up, they settle themselves better on the benches 

 afterwards. 



2 Hounds that come home lame should not be taken out the next 

 hunting day, since they may appear sound without being so. At the 

 beginning of the season, the eyes of hounds are frequently injured : such 

 hounds should not be hunted, and, if their eyes continue weak, they should 

 lose a little blood. 



