164 OTalfeing a ^uppi). 



seethe helpless way in which he "flops" himself 

 upon his side at your feet by way of greeting, and in 

 anticipation of some caress. 



Notwithstanding, however, their numerous peculiar- 

 ities, the disgrace they are from time to time getting 

 into in one quarter or another, and the mischief (I 

 regret that I can use no milder term) they occasion- 

 ally do, I should personally deem the absence of a 

 foxhound puppy from my home as little short of a 

 calamity. 



In conclusion, I must add, for the information of 

 such as have not hitherto enjoyed the privilege of 

 walking one, what I, from experience, have found to 

 be the diet on which they usually thrive best. It 

 embraces the following, namely : Biscuits, stable 

 rubbers, the food mixed and designed for your pigs, 

 the spokes of your carriage wheels, any cold meat, 

 game, or puddings which may be obtainable, wash 

 leathers, milk, clothes pegs, brushes, fowls or ducks 

 eggs (the farther advanced towards hatching the 

 better), gloves, bandages, and all other such light 

 and digestible delicacies as fancy and opportunity 

 may dictate, and when I add that I have invariably 

 sent my young hounds back to kennel in condition 

 satisfactory to the huntsman, it is, I think, sufficient 

 guarantee that I am entitled to speak with some 

 authority upon the subject. 



