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flesh should be first thorouglily boiled, and then taken out 

 before the oatmeal is added to the broth. 



Dogs which are regularly worked are better for having 

 two meals a day, the principal one of course should be given 

 in the evening. Nothing is better than good, wholesome 

 horse-flesh, (avoiding by all means such as have died full of 

 drugs ; but let it be those which have been killed, and in a 

 healthy state,) boiled, and the liquor mixed well with the 

 oatmeal-porridge, the quantity of each about equal. If 

 Iiorse-flesh is not to be had, cracklings or greaves are a pro- 

 per substitute, if they are good. They are generally broken 

 small, and mixed with about half the quantity of oatmeal, 

 and boiling water poured on them, and well stirred together ; 

 or they may be boiled together like porridge. Dogs, like 

 men, tire of the same kind of food ; therefore, a judicious 

 feeder, like a good cook, will contrive to vary his bill of fare. 

 Porridge and milk, the ofial of the kitchen, the ofi'al of bul- 

 locks or sheep, which should be well boiled, make an excel- 

 lent variety ; but we would by no means recommend a too fre- 

 quent repetition of the latter food. Potatoes make also a 

 good variety, and although not so nutritious as oatmeal, they 

 are less heating. Care should be taken never to present 

 more to a dog than he will eat with a good appetite ; and 

 when oatmeal and barleymeal are used, mixed, the former 

 should be first boiled for twenty minutes, and then the other 

 added, and boiled only for about eight or ten minutes. The 

 latter meal should, however, never be given in the hunting sea- 

 son, as it is too heating, and occasions the dogs to be perpetu- 

 ally drinking. Their food should be given to them pretty 

 thick, as thin porridge does not stay in the stomach so well; 

 and it should be w^ell cooled before being presented to them. 

 The feeding-troughs for hounds should be wide at the bot- 

 tom, and not exceeding three feet in length. They should 



