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hungry as tigers, standing aloof in their yard (as is 

 the practice in some kennels,) and, without even 

 hearing, much less feeling, the whip, not daring to 

 move until the order is given to them to move. 

 And what is the order given I why, at the words, 

 ••Come over, Bitches,''' or,'' Come over, Dops,'" every 

 hound of each individual sex comes forward, as the 

 sex it belongs to may be called for, leaving those 

 of the other sex in their places. Then the act of 

 drawing them to the feeding troughs is an exceed- 

 ingly interesting sight. Often, with the door wide 

 open, and the savoury meat in their view, the 

 huntsman has no use for his whip, having nothing 

 to do but to call each hound by his name, which 

 of course he readily answers to. The expression 

 of countenance, too, at this time, is well worthy ot 

 notice ; and that of earnest solicitation, of entreaty, 

 we might almost say of importunity, cannot be 

 more forcibly displayed than in the face of a hungry 

 hound awaiting his turn to be drawn. He appears 

 absolutely to watch the lips of the huntsman, anti- 

 cipating his own name. A view of a pack of fox- 

 hounds likewise in their lodging-rooms is a most 

 asfreeable sio:ht to those who love to see animals in 

 a high state of enjoyment, which no doubt hounds 

 are, when reposing on their well littered-down 

 benches after a hard day's work, and with their 

 bellies well filled. They absolutely appear to feel 

 for each other's comforts, in placing themselves 

 in situations that enable their fellow-creatures to 

 repose parts of their bodies upon their own, to 

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