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pathologist enough to foresee and provide against 

 the alterations which such circumstances produce. 

 He has need also to be a physiologist, to enable 

 him to exercise a sound judgment in breeding his 

 hounds after a certain form and fashion, which are 

 absolutely essential to their doing well, and at the 

 same time pleasing the eye. Then look at him in 

 the field, with two hundred eyes upon him, and a 

 hundred tongues to canvass all his acts. Here he 

 .should be a philosopher. 



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In the Field. — A huntsman is expected to bring 

 his hounds to the cover side in a high state of con- 

 dition, at all seasons of the year. They should be 

 seen quietly grouped about his horse's heels, when 

 he is waiting for the hour of throwing off, without 

 a whip stirring, or even an angry word said to 

 them. This is a time when they are often subject 

 to the inspection of strangers, and a first impression 

 goes a great way. 



