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struck, and then rated — not rated with a loud warning, 

 like the bell of a watchman, to give thieves notice of his 

 approach — and then hunted or ridden down, as is too 

 commonly the case. I am inclined to think, that if, after 

 one crack of the whip and a hearty rate, they fly at once 

 cowering to the huntsman's heels, the end is answered, 

 without any occasion for further chastisement. A hound 

 which has felt the lash so as to have reason to remem- 

 ber the voice which followed its apphcation, will be more 

 likely to fly from that voice, when rated in the middle 

 of a covert, perhaps, inaccessible ; but if it is not suffi- 

 ciently clear that he might not equally dread the con- 

 junction of both, whichever might have the precedence, 

 it is obvious that the object of correction may be more 

 easily accomplished by coming upon him unawares, in- 

 stead of rating him out of reach, and this is alone 

 sufficient reason for the rule I have laid down. 



It would be impossible to specify all the dismounted 

 duties of a whipper-in ; they must, of course, vary with 

 the rules and regulations of their respective establish- 

 ments. Some have to dress their own horses, after 

 hunting ; with others, such is not the case : the work 

 of servants is generally in proportion to the calibre of 

 the menage ; and where there are fewest cats the more 

 mice will there be to be caught. In most, if not in all, 

 kennels, the whippers-in must take their share with the 

 boiler {or feeder, as he is called, though he should never 



