XVI 

 THE HOUND PUPPY AT WALK 



AN IMPORTANT EVENT MISCHIEVOUS PROPENSITIES KENNEL 



DISCIPLINE CUB-HUNTING 



HE walk is a very important part of the life of 

 a foxhound. He does so much better when 

 he has the range of a whole farm instead 

 simply of the kennels, where distemper and 

 other epidemics are sure to prevail, that it is regularly a 

 part of his education. Of course he is a mischievous brat, 

 and makes no end of trouble. The farmer usually con- 

 siders it better to take a pair of hounds than one alone, for 

 when they are chewing away at each other they do less 

 harm than one of them would do chewing the farmer's 

 sealskin hat or Mrs. Farmer's fur muff. 



The first year of a puppy's life, at walk under the indul- 

 gent care of Mrs. Farmer or her daughter, he surely looks 

 back upon as one of the most enjoyable periods of his 

 eventful career. He has nothing to do but eat, grow, and 

 be merry. A litter of pigs to play with in the barn-yard, 

 poultry to chase, cats to worry, perhaps a small boy for a 

 boon companion - he has little left to wish for in life. Of 

 course he makes the farmer swear and Madame Farmer de- 



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