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afterwards, for if they be much fatigued they will 

 prefer rest to food." 



Hounds, as Beckford advises, should be fed imme- 

 diately they come in from hunting. His hounds 

 were usually fed twice on the days they hunted. 

 "Some," he says, "will feed better the second time 

 than the first ; besides, the turning them out of the 

 lodging-house refreshes them ; they stretch their 

 limbs, empty their bodies ; and, as during this time 

 their kennel is cleaned out, and litter shaken up, they 

 settle themselves better on the benches afterwards." 

 Many packs of harriers are, however, only fed once 

 in the day, even after hunting, and manage to do very 

 well upon it. Hound feeding is a most important 

 function and requires great attention and judgment. 

 The Marquis of Cleveland, who flourished some seventy 

 or eighty years ago, and hunted foxhounds for fifty 

 years, never sat down to his own dinner till he had 

 given his hounds theirs. This great fox-hunter, also, 

 invariably noted down the events of each day before 

 retiring for the night, and published them at the end 

 of the year for the benefit of his friends. There is 

 no doubt, I think, that the publication of a carefully 

 kept hunting diary is an education in itself, and is 

 often of the greatest assistance to others. I have 

 been lately reading a book, entitled " A third of a 

 Century with the High Peak Harriers."* This is the 

 diary of Mr. Nesfield, for thirty-three seasons Master 

 of that pack. It is an admirable little volume, well 

 worthy to be read by all admirers of hare-hunting. 



* Buxton. C. F. Wardley. " High Peak News " Offices. 

 1892. Price IDS. 6d. 



