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other riot, the delinquent should be tied up and 

 have a severe flogging that will leave a lasting 

 impression on his mind. It is a mistaken kind- 

 ness not to do it thoroughly, and you would 

 only have it to do over again in a very short 

 time. Let me, however, beg of you when you 

 wish to enforce discipline and administer punish- 

 ment, to reserve it for a moment when you 

 have only the hunt-servants for an audience. 

 It is quite natural that any kind-hearted man 

 should object to see an animal hit, and knowing 

 nothing about the case it may seem to him too 

 severe. No one likes to see children spanked, 

 but I have no doubt it is good for them. On 

 the way to the meet or coming home you can 

 generally find an opportunity of giving the 

 sinner a lesson, but it must be a hound that 

 has sinned before and has refused to hearken to 

 your remonstrance. He must know for what 

 he is being chastised, and he must also know 

 in doing it he was doing wrong. Never allow a 

 hound to be flogged until he has had a warning 

 and has refused to listen. You have noticed 

 Rusticus on several occasions during the day in 

 full cry after a hare, and though you were close 



