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pack consisted of 11 couples of 

 puppies and 5^ of old hounds ! ! 

 We had had an old dog kicked, 

 and old " Darling" leading them, 

 then live years old, and showing 

 himself for ih^ first time. 



Old Dick's principle was to 

 break his puppies by themselves, 

 showing them ail the riot he 

 could in the summer, and drilhng 

 them severely, but never allowing 

 a whip to FLOG THEM after they 

 had escaped to his heels, or to 

 flog them when coming out of a 

 wood and cutting them off. After, 

 being well drilled, he would then 

 take them amongst the cubs and 

 smash up a litter of cubs, blood- 

 ing them up to their eyes to 

 make them forget their punish- 

 ment, and to care for nothing but 

 a fox. Hounds being unsteady 

 for hares, when foxes are plenti- 

 ful, is entirely the fault of the 

 HANDLING. The highest praise 



