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like young horses when first harnessed, but the 

 whip ought not to be used. A little coaxing and 

 patting will do more to reconcile them to this treat- 

 ment than whipcord, and after a few hours' drilling 

 they will go tolerably well, and may be taken out 

 by the huntsman and the whippers or assistants — 

 one to precede by a short distance and the other to 

 follow them, not too closely. Open ground, such as 

 parks with deer, or large fields with cattle or sheep, 

 must not be chosen as early training ground, since 

 some might easily break away from their attendants 

 on foot, and most serious consequences ensue. Let 

 them be taken into some green lane or by-road, not 

 too much used by horsemen, or walked about a 

 home-paddock twice a day, until they become more 

 tractable. 



Of all animals to be avoided, as most maliciously 

 disposed towards hounds, a donkey takes prece- 

 dence. Colts and bullocks will wheel round them 

 in a field rather with wonderment than any evil 

 intention ; but that brute of all brutes, a Jerusalem 

 pony, comes at them directly with open mouth, and 

 unless Jem or Jack is in advance, to check his 

 onslaught, in amongst the lot he dashes, tooth and 

 hoof, using his fore-legs like a boxer, and dealing 

 his blows with savage ferocity upon the backs and 

 limbs of the astonished pack, who are not permitted 

 to resent the insult. Why a donkey should feel 

 thus maliciously inclined towards hounds we are at 

 a loss to conceive, since none of his kith or kin have 

 ever been consigned to the boiling-house ; yet, so 

 great is their antipathy to the canine race, that we 



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