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In the first place, they must have no restraint 

 whatever placed upon their liberty— and this is a 

 sine qua non — for you had far better not volunteer to 

 take a youngster at all if you purpose keeping him 

 in confinement, freedom being essential to the health 

 and growth of the puppy, as to the subsequent use- 

 fulness of the hound. 



Your cook ma}^ and, indeed, probably will not 

 look upon his periodical visits to the kitchen or 

 larder with favour, and, when encountered by her 

 there, it is more than probable that he may meet 

 some slight rebuff at the instance of a mop, broom, 

 or even fryingpan ; but, if such should prove the 

 case, he will only more or less hastily retire, fully 

 mindful of the fact that it is no use crying out after 

 you are hurt, and certainly return later on, when 

 fortune is more propitious, for the remainder of that 

 cold pheasant or ham. 



The gardener may not look upon him as the most 

 satisfactory of his assistants, but, nevertheless. 

 Master Pillager will, from time to time, re-adjust 

 such of the former's work as he may not approve 

 of, and in nine cases out of ten will select the 

 asparagus, or some equally cherished bed, for his 

 larder. 



If, moreover, he has floral tastes, which is highly 

 probable, he will not unfrequently cull the choicest 



