CHAPTER IX. 



CHIEFLY CANINE. 



I HAVE previously written on the subject 

 of dogs, their rearing and training ; and 

 possibly the remarks I am about to make 

 should have appeared in that part of my book, 

 but I think that they are of sufficient impor- 

 tance to have a chapter to themselves. 



All hunting and sporting dogs should be fed 

 at night, for they cannot hunt properly on a full 

 stomach. House dogs, on the contrary, should 

 be fed in the morning, or early part of the 

 day ; for if you feed them at night, and keep 

 them shut up in the house, you cannot expect 



