[Hounds in Batli.l 



CHAPTER X. 



" De rebus cunctis et quibusdam aliis. 



System of Kennel — Baths — Feeding — Warmth — Diet — Ventilation — 

 Oatmeal — Vegetables — Mangel-wurzel — Sago — Biscuit — Milk — 

 Breeding— Walks — Sires and Dams — Generative Economy— Choice 

 of Whelps —Naming — Rounding —Dividing Pack — Drafting— Cub- 

 hunting — Going out in the Evening, an Old Practice — Entering Young 

 Hounds — Killing Cubs— General Responsibility of Masters of 

 Hounds. 



On approaching within earshot of the kennel, " the 

 huntsman winds his horn," to sound the note of pre- 

 paration. The signal is answered by the clamour of the 

 pack within ; the division destined for the next day's 

 hunting, which have been fed in the morning, and 

 have not long returned from an airing, in charge of the 

 feeder and helpers. Buckets of gruel are now trans- 



