220 HARE-HUNTING AND HARRIERS 



£ s. d. i s. d. 



" By great economy," it is added, " and the dis- 

 pensing with the whip, and using one horse only, with 

 twenty couples of hounds, only about half this sum 

 will suffice, especially with beagles." 



There are various criticisms to be suggested at 

 the present time on such a statement of accounts. 

 In the first place is. 6^. per hound per week would 

 be considered an excessive sum for the feeding of a 

 pack of harriers. A recent authority has reckoned 

 the outside cost of oatmeal for hounds at 11^. per head 

 per week ; if mixed with Indian meal it would come 

 out at no more than 8^. or 9^. per head per week. 

 The cost of horseflesh may be put at id. per head per 

 week, on the assumption that each horse costs a 

 sovereign. Thus the cost per hound per week for 

 oatmeal and flesh would amount to is. \ci. per head ; 

 while, if Indian meal were mixed with the oatmeal, 

 the cost would be reduced to 10^. per hound per week. 

 Taxes (male-servants), 15s. per man, have to be reckoned 



