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to which they would respond with the greatest 

 alacrity. The general conduct of huntsmen to 

 their dependants is too formal and methodical, 

 with a great lack of that cheerfulness, vivacity, 

 and good humour, without which we must fail to 

 gain the affections of all created animals, from 

 woman downwards. The services of whippers-in 

 Avould be rarely needed, were huntsmen to adopt 

 the method we recommend. 



The process of preparing the young entry must 

 be similar to that of training a thorough-bred horse 

 for racing, as well as a hunter for the field — 

 gradual walking, trotting, and at last galloping ; 

 and as the heat of summer increases — when we 

 have anything like summer weather — the exercise 

 must commence at a very early hour in the 

 morning, say four or five o'clock, and to return 

 home in time for the huntsman's breakfast and 

 their own, since young hounds at this season of 

 the year require feeding twice a day — about nine 

 o'clock in the morning, and five in the afternoon. 

 Our general practice was also to give the old 

 hounds a little thin lap about the same hour, and 

 their supper in the evening, which had the effect of 

 keeping them quiet during the night. Twice a 

 week during vacation time, we took them to a farm- 

 house for whey, Avhich contributed not a little to 

 their health — in short, the work with hounds at 

 this period is more troublesome than in the hunting 

 season, to a huntsman who does his duty by them. 

 From sunrise to sunset, there is always plenty to 

 do — first with the young hounds before breakfast, 



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