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better not to mark until the pups are ready to go out. 

 If, however, there are several litters of the same age, 

 it is advisable to mark earlier, or at least to clip a 

 temporary mark in the hair of each, in order to dis- 

 tinguish them should they get mixed up. When 

 foster-mothers are employed, and some of different 

 litters are given, the clipping of marks should be 

 renewed weekly, and, of course, carefully booked. 



Very strict and accurate keeping of kennel books is 

 a duty the huntsman should never delegate to a sub- 

 ordinate ; everything should be set down at once, and 

 nothing left to memory. 



The above hints are meant to refer to hounds, fox- 

 hounds, harriers and beagles, but they apply equally 

 to all descriptions of dogs which are bred in large 

 numbers. 



