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ap})ertaimng to the details of hound management. 

 If there is an old and experienced feeder, a young whip 

 with a Httle diplomacy and an offer of help may learn 

 many valuable hints as to the cooking of food, medicines, 

 etc., which will come in useful later on. A man who 

 was really keen on his job might do worse than spend 

 his annual hoUday for a couple of years with a veterinary 

 surgeon who speciahsed in dogs. The temperature of 

 various diseases, assisting a bitch in a difficult case of 

 whelping, the proper method of setting a broken limb 

 and many other things might be learnt with advantage. 

 Unless a man is very keen on the sport and is not 

 afraid of hard work, he should never become a hunt 

 servant to a pack of foxhounds. 



