C O N T E N T S. 



LETTER I. 



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 On the economical management of a pack of foxhounds. — The 



necessity of practical knowledge relative to kennel and stable. 



— Plan for kennels and expenses thereof .... 1 



LETTER XL 



Hours of meeting. — Difference of foxes in former times. — Forming 

 a pack of foxhounds. — Best kennels in the present day. — Mr. 

 Assheton Smith's. — Duke of Beaufort's. — Huntsmen and whip- 

 pers-in. — Distemper. — Its " prevention better than cure." — 

 Hunting a donkey . . . . . . . . .10 



LETTER in. 

 Upon judicious breeding. — Time of year. — Difference between fast 

 and quick hounds. — Management of puppies, as to food and 

 diseases. — Premium for best brought up hound at walks. — 

 A cheerful good-tempered huntsman with young hoimds indis- 

 pensable. — Various recipes for distemper .... 2.'i 



LETTER IV. 



Upon bleeding and dressing hounds. — Feeding and exercise. — 

 Rabies canina. — Some fits scarcely to be known from rabies. — 

 Anecdote of terrier. — Experiments upon hydrophobia in my 

 own kennel .......... 35 



LETTER V. 



Subject of rabies canina continued. — Recipes for canker, mange, 

 &c. — On different food for hounds. — Oatmeal the best. — Way 

 of preparing it, quantity, &c. — No necessity for the whip when 

 feeding ........... 48 



LETTER VI. 



Rounding and education of young hounds. — Severity not required. 

 — Taking them through preserves, — Exercise of the greatest 

 consequence. — Cub hunting. — Young hounds often spoilt by 



