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posed to be the cause — Dr. Ryan's opinion — Mr. Davis, the huntsman's, opi- 

 nion, and letter to the author — Lameness in the Warwickshire woodland kennels 

 — On the practice of washing hounds — Jack Wood's opinion — Cast-iron and 

 wooden benches — Whitewashing kennels, and drying them — Expense of building 

 new kennels — The Pytchley kennels at Brixworth. — Page 49 to 63. 



CHAP. III. 



Different kinds of Food for Hounds — Notice of a book entitled " The Gentleman's 

 Recreation" — Old oatmeal the best — Method of mixing the meat — Sir Harry 

 Goodricke's large stock of meal at Thrussington kennels — Meal mixed with 

 Indian corn bad — Adulterating meal with sand — Mr. Cross's opinion of bad 

 flesh — Feeding high and plenty of exercise — Too much of the boiled flesh un- 

 wholesome — Biscuits — Vegetables excellent in summer — Boilers should be made 

 of iron, and not copper — Method of feeding the pack — Shy feeders — Mr. 

 Warde's value of a good feeder — Feeding the pack to "go together" — A 

 huntsman ought to feed his own hounds — The Duke of Cleveland's reasons for 

 giving up hunting— Mr. Osbaldeston's hounds, and Will Gardner his feeder — 

 How to feed " to go the pace" and kill foxes — Delicate feeders — Giving hounds 

 " reddle" during the summer months — Early feeding the best, and never feed to 

 satiety. — Page 64 to 74. 



CHAP. IV. 



Comparison between the old farrier and modern vet. — Notice of Blaine's " Canine 

 Pathology" — Distemper, and its cure — Barm an excellent medicine — The dis- 

 temper first brought from France — Major Blagrave's system — Yellows, or jaun- 

 dice — Worms — Dressing and mange — The red mange — Wounds and bites — 

 Strains — Sore feet — Weak or injured eyes — Bite of a viper ; o.\\ experiment of 

 the Abbe Fontana— Swelled toes — Canker in the ears — Breaking out, and tetters 

 — Fistula— Swelled neck and sore throat — Fractured limbs — Inflammation of 

 the bowels — Physic — Sulphur and salts the best — Shoulder lameness — Lameness 

 in the stifle — Recipe for the rheumatism — Implements and drugs used in the 

 kennel — Canine madness, or rabies — Professor Sewell's opinion — The Warwick- 

 shire hounds afilicted — Mr. Hervey Combe's — Mr. Hall's — William Smith's 

 remedy — The knife and caustic the only cure. — Page 75 to 95. 



CHAP. V. 



Commencement of the season — Young hounds brought into the kennel — Rounding 

 puppies at their quarters — Inspection of hounds in kennel — Anecdote of an 

 ignorant M.F.H. — The number requisite to put forward — Purchasing draft 

 hounds — The first and second draft — Hounds should match in size and appear- 

 ance — Mr. Osbaldeston's and Mr. Villebois' sorts — Throaty hounds, Old Finder 

 — The true shape of a hound described — Extensive breeders of hounds — Lord 

 Fitzwilliam's hounds — Will Dean and Will Crane, both famous huntsmen — 

 Lord Yarborough's hounds, and his huntsman. Will Smith ; his death— Jackal- 

 hunting in India — Breaking young hounds — Anecdotes of wildness — Mr. Mey- 

 nel's hounds. Gallant and Gameboy — Trailed scents formerly used — Notice of 

 the Rev. Dr. Vyner — Mr. Digby Legard's match — The wild-goose chase de- 

 scribed — Mr. Meynel's match, and Mr. Smith Barry's hound Bluecap — Show- 

 ing young hounds riot in a park — Charles King's system — Jack Wood's perse- 

 verance — Roe-deer — A good ear for hounds when dividing — Early reminiscences 

 — My first brush — The Warwickshire hounds — William Shaw's system of enter- 

 ing to hare in the spring — Will Carter — Summer management of hounds, and 

 condition — Time for dressing — Exercise — Early commencement of cub-hunting 

 at Bclvoir — Late harvests in the north — Great number of foxes killed in some 

 hunts — Bag-foxes bad for hounds — Evening cub-hunting ridiculous — Great 



