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for, and hound licences at ys. 6d. per hound. The 

 wages of helper and whip in the foregoing account are 

 put at far too low a figure for the present day. In 

 providing for a combined kennel huntsman and whip 

 at least £i per week would now have to be allocated. 

 For a pack of fifteen couples of harriers, hunted by 

 the Master, with the assistance of a kennel huntsman, 

 the cost of hunting two days a week on a quite modest 

 scale might be put pretty much as follows : 



Maintenance of fifteen couples of hounds, at is 

 per head per week ..... 



Hounds' bedding, implements, repairs, &c. 



Taxes and licences — hounds and one servant 



Medicines, &c. 



Maintenance of whip's horse, seven months at £i 

 per week (say £10), five months at los. per week 

 (say;^ii) 



Master's horse, seven months at £1 per week 



Veterinary surgeon ..... 



Shoeing ....... 



Saddlery and repairs ..... 



Wages of kennel huntsman at ;^i per week 



His outfit ....... 



Incidental expenses ..... 



Total 



This is cutting the thing rather fine ; yet I believe 

 that, with great care and economy, a pack of harriers, 

 run with a single Hunt servant (mounted), could be 

 maintained for this figure — £170. 



In these two last estimates no allowances have been 

 made for rent of kennels or maintenance of puppies. 

 I am assuming that the master, as is very often the 

 case, provides his own kennels. But, on the other hand, 

 I give no credit for certain small incomings, such as 

 sale of hides and sale of draft hounds. These accounts 



