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Into these the general pack should be turned, as soon as the doors 

 are opened, or, if the morning is not wet, directly after a short 

 airing in the paddock. The feeder then sweeps out the room in 

 which they have slept, and afterwards mops it clean, drying the 

 floor as much as possible, so that by ten or eleven o'clock it is fit 

 for the hounds to re-enter. The men then get their breakfast, and 

 directlv afterwards the hounds are taken out to exercise, or the 

 hunting hounds to their regular day's work. If the former, they 

 are brought back to kennel at eleven o'clock, fed, and returned to 

 their regular lodging-room, or in some kennels they are still kept 

 in a separate room during the day and night, always taking care 

 that they are not turned into a room while the floor is damp, and 

 that strict cleanliness is practised nevertheless. The hour of feed- 

 ing is generally fixed for eleven o'clock, but for the day before 

 hunting it should be an hour or two later, varying with the dis- 

 tance they have to travel. Water should be constantly provided, 

 taking care that the troug^hs are raised above the heio-ht at which 

 dogs can pass their urine into it, which they will otherwise be 

 constantly doing. As before remarked, iron troughs are the best. 

 After feeding the hounds should remain quiet for the rest of the 

 day, only stirring them in removing them from their day-room to 

 their night-room, if two are allowed, which, I think, is an excellent 

 practice. 



The /bo(/ of hounds is composed of meal flavoured with broth, 

 to which more or less flesh is added, or with greaves as a substi- 

 tute when flesh cannot be obtained. The relative value of the 

 various meals is described at page 217, but I may here remark 



