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times, particularly with any young hounds who 

 may be inclined to be shy, with every individual 

 in the pack. ^' Dog-language," which none of the wliip- 

 pers-in comj^rehend, — small nonsensical verbiage, 

 which, not being used by any one but himself, 

 becomes the more endearing to the hounds, though, 

 as wise or wiser bystanders may say, as my poor 

 dear friend, the late Mr. Castleman, of Beech 

 House, did of me, when hearing me talk to my 

 blood-hound, and other dogs, in a sort of reverie to 

 liimself, ^^Well! of all the men supposed to have 

 some sense, I never heard any one talk such non- 

 sense as Mr. Berkeley." 



To attain perfection in this art, huntsmen in the 

 field and kennel huntsmen should be combined, for 

 the man who watches the work of each individual 

 hound, and how that work lasts out the day, will 

 be the best and only real judge of what flesh, little 

 or none, each hound ought to carry, the best to 

 befit him for hard work. 



How often men, mere superficial observers, on 

 going to look at a kennel of hounds, may be heard 

 to say, wishing, perhaps, to be complimentary to 

 master or man, ^' What even condition; they are 

 all alike ! " 



