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department ; but, if you see him scratching a staring 

 coat which is nearly threadbare, if not quite out at 

 elbows, eagerly dashing, on his way to covert, at every 

 pool to take a drink, which, by hounds of a better 

 regulated ynenage, would be disdained at such an hour 

 of the morning, rely upon it, that 



"There's something rotten in the state of Denmark." 



Most huntsmen prefer feeding hounds precisely the 

 same all the year round, to making any change, varying 

 only the quantity ; but, during the heat of summer, less 

 of flesh and more of vegetable diet must tend to cool 

 the blood. Potatoes, and any greens coming under the 

 denomination of garden stuff, may be boiled with the 

 meal ; but potatoes are less to be recommended, as 

 being the most difiicult of digestion. They have been 

 used to great extent in some kennels, and would prove 

 a great saving of meal, could they be pronounced unob- 

 jectionable. Ccibbage and lettuce may act as alteratives ; 

 but the best of all vegetable matter of that kind which 

 I ever tried, was mangel-wurzel. This root will boil 

 down to a thick jelly, and form a very agreeable and 

 wholesome addition to the broth. I have no doubt that 

 it would answer as well also for hounds in work. By 

 an application from a most respectable mealman, Mr. 

 Crampern, of Jermyn Street, I was induced to make a 

 trial of sago, which he imagined, and I believe still con- 

 siders, a most important discovery as an article of food 

 for hounds. Its cheapness would be a great recom- 



