ADVICE ON FOX-HUNTING 



thieves; but having kennels near a village 

 is such a manifest advantage to the latter 

 that complaint really ought not to be made. 

 Five puppies are quite enough for any 

 mother to bring up. After the middle of 

 May four is plenty. Do all you can to in- 

 duce farmers and others to walk puppies ; 

 without good walks every pack must de- 

 teriorate. Show an interest in your puppies 

 by looking them up at summer exercise. 

 When they come in from quarters, and 

 distemper and yellows break out, you will 

 have your hands full, and must not mind 

 having to get up in the night and attend 

 to the sick ones. There are all sorts of 

 recipes, homoeopathic as well as allopathic, 



but the best medicines are warmth, care, 



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