HOW I CAME TO WRITE A BOOK 1 5 



requiring different methods to others, 

 and a great error is very frequently 

 committed in feeding and treating them 

 irrespective of their different individual 

 peculiarities. 



I have had several hunters who would 

 eat enormous suppers and hardly anything 

 before noon. One very good mare I 

 hunted would not eat anything on what 

 she thought was a hunting morning, so 

 I used to '' kidd " her by taking her 

 out just a few minutes. That seemed 

 to satisfy her that she had taken her 

 exercise, and she would then eat a feed. 



But ** Hark back ! " This is just what 

 I expected ; I am off to hunting matters 

 in the wrong place, and unless I " whip 

 off" I shall kill my fox in cover before 

 the run starts, so here goes for another 

 chapter. 



