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help wash the hounds in kennel after they return 

 from huntmg, his business will be to clean and 

 dress his own horse, which he may think rather a 

 bore after a hard day, but this will afford him 

 also a good lesson to distinguish between the use 

 and abuse of the horses he has to ride. The more 

 care he takes of them in the field, the less trouble 

 will they give him in the stable. 



