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0-L ' FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



broui>'lit out to chase, wlicn tliey ontor to that 

 particular scent and know its difference from the 

 line of the hare ; then let them he rated from 

 the latter and feel off-handed the lash of the 

 whipper-in's whip, if he gets within reach of them 

 in an act of riot, but on no account whatever 

 permit them to be coupled up for punishment. 



Foxhounds, harriers, setters, pointers, truffle 

 dogs, and rat-catchers may be spoilt hy the in- 

 judicious use of the whip ; and it really makes 

 the true sportsman that has lived up to the present 

 day shudder to see the horrible, heayily-knotted 

 instruments for rib-fracture and torture, sold by 

 saddlers as dog-whips, to be carried in tlio coat 

 2:)ocket. A bit of whip-cord tied to a little twig 

 or handle of a painting-pencil is quite enough 

 to im23ress the knowledge on a dog that lie has 

 done wrong. It is not severe bodily pain, it is 

 the sign of possible punishment, that makes the 

 desired impression. 



