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smack of the whip is often of as much use as the lash, to one 

 that has felt it. If any are very unsteady, it will not be 

 amiss to send them out by themselves, when the men go out 

 to exercise their horses. If hares are plentiful in the neigh- 

 bourhood, let some be found sitting, and turned out before 

 them, and you will soon find that the most riotous will not run 

 after them. If they are to be made steady from deer, they 

 should see them often, and they will not regard them. 

 Flogging hounds frequently in kennel is a practice with 

 many huntsmen, but which ought on no account to be per- 

 mitted : it is unreasonable, unjust, and cruel. Hounds that 

 are old offenders, that are very riotous, and at the same 

 time very cunning, may be difiicult to catch — such hounds 

 may be excepted — they deserve punishment, whenever it 

 happens, and huntsmen of course should not fail to give it 

 them when they can. This we will allow is a particular 

 case, and necessity may excuse it ; but let not the peace and 

 quiet of the kennel be often thus disturbed. When hounds 

 offend, punish them — when caught in the act, then let them 

 suffer — and if severity be exercised, let it be just. 



TRAINING OF POINTERS AND SETTERS. 



One of the earliest lessons which a dog should be taught 

 is obedience ; this can be accomplished by walking him out 

 near home, and when he ranges to too great a distance he 

 must be called back, using the words here, or come in. To 

 teach him to go behind, the words bach, or behind, should 

 be used. 



At this period it will be proper to accustom tlie dog to be 

 tied up in a stable, but not for too long a time at the outset, 

 as a dog's growth is apt to be cramped by confining him too 

 much at an early age. Where the situation is favourable, 

 dogs under twelve months should alwa}^s be allowed to go 



