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tent, more especially when made very strong. 



" I must observe, that I am by no means 

 about to recommend the disuse of broth in the 

 kennel; but I wish to point out the propriety 

 of giving it in moderate quantities, and of 

 depending upon the flesh which is given for 

 containing the bulk of nourishment, and 

 giving it in that state when it contains the 

 greatest quantity. It is an impression with 

 some huntsmen, that by boiling the flesh to 

 an excessive degree, the bad qualities are 

 extracted — that is to say, if the horse had any 

 disease about him, that the humours would be 

 extracted from the flesh; but then it must be 

 remembered that they would be contained in 

 the broth, in which state they would be quite 

 as injurious, or perhaps more so. 



* 'At the time when an animal is performing 

 great exertion, it is essentially requisite that 

 his stomach should contain but a small 

 quantity of food, but that food should be of a 

 nutritious character and easy of digestion. 

 The practice that I would recommend, and it 

 is one borne out by the reasons already 

 assigned, as well as by experiment, is, not to 

 give hounds any broth at all in their food 

 on the day before hunting. 



