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strange, prisonlike impression of his new 

 quarters wears off; he begins to appreciate 

 the cleanliness and order that guarantee all 

 that is necessary for health and comfort ; 

 but many a time he hears his name, and 

 often he feels the whip, before his wild 

 nature is brought to bend to the discipline 

 of the kennel. The summer months are at 

 last over ; Wrangler has learned to go in 

 couples ; then to pass through the sheep 

 without thinking of mutton ; and though in 

 his heart he dearly loves the scent of a hare, 

 he has had the lesson "ware hare" writ so 

 distinctly on his back that there is no fear 

 of his forgetting it. And now our hero 

 makes his debut as a fox-hound, and is 

 blooded. The very first day he is out, 

 curiosity and desire to see what is doing 



