LETTER I. 9 



struction of which, where stone is plentiful, would not 

 much exceed two hundred pounds. 



In my next letters I purpose treating of the purchasing 

 of hounds, the oldest blood now extant, and the packs 

 from which the best drafts are likely to be obtained, 

 kennel management, breeding and rearing whelps, treat- 

 ment of young hounds when first brought into the 

 kennel, various kinds of distemper, with remedies and 

 receipts, the duties of hun tsmen, whipper-in, and feeder, 

 during the summer months, the quantity of food neces- 

 sary for each hound, with the expenses of the estab- 

 lishment. 



