38 SYSTEM OF KENNEL AND 



monkey's allowance, in more senses than one. The 

 experiment having been tried over and over again 

 of rearing young hounds in the kennel, without 

 success, masters are obliged to send them out, and 

 run all risks. Two or three may be bred up at 

 home, if allowed to run about the premises ; but if 

 confined within four walls, without daily exercise, 

 their feet will bear a nearer resemblance to those 

 of a duck than those of a cat. Moreover, home 

 education is as objectionable for young foxhounds 

 as it is for young gentlemen. 



The best time for their return to the kennel is 



about the end of March, when the hunting season 



parly expired, and the huntsman has more 



leisure to bestow attention upon them. If hunting 



is continued through the next month, as happens in 



establishments, the care of the young 



hounds must devolve principally upon the feeder, 



b on non-hunting days. The best plan is to 



ill brought home about the same time, and to 



your first draft directly, sending the others 



away before the distemper breaks out among the 



lot. More room will thus be afforded to those 



tli' <-ntry, and consequently less dread 



virulent disease, since from overcrowded 



this scourge of the canine race 



i most pestilential character. It is far 



-, therefore, to send away at once those young 



hounds not likely to suit your purpose, that more 



room and better attendance may be given to the 



w, than keep the whole until the distemper 



has been overcome. In the first case, of course, 



