8 4 SYSTEM OF KENNEL AND 



minds, that although nearly half a century has 

 passed over our head since its first perusal, we 

 believe we might repeat without much trouble 

 every line of it. When nicely recited by an inte- 

 resting youth, fully impressed with the romantic 

 incidents connected with it, the story possesses 

 great interest ; but few would have patience to 

 hear a stupid boy hammering away at some hard 

 words and making bad shots at others. 



Few wish to be present at the schooling of 

 young foxhounds, which is, candidly speaking, very 

 uninteresting, dull work, except to masters ; and 

 many of these shirk this part of the business alto- 

 gether, leaving it in the hands of huntsmen and 

 whips to get the entry tolerably perfect in their 

 lessons, before performing in the presence of their 

 betters. It was our practice to draw out so many 

 of our old brood-bitches and dog-hounds becoming 

 slow, to form with the entry a pack of themselves, 

 wherewith to commence the cub-hunting season 

 an equal number of each, if possible and let them 

 work together up to the end of October. A draft 

 \v;is then made of the young which had gone amiss 

 and the old not able to run up. Where the kennel 

 is not considered sufficiently large to admit of this 

 aiTaii'j-cinent, a few young hounds are put into the 

 pack at a time, until all have learnt their first 

 and comprehended the g;une they are to 

 pin. sue. Rarely, however, have we seen a pack so 

 managed to be thoroughly steady. The young, by 

 running riot at first which they certainly will do 

 unsettle the one-season hunters, and a hullabaloo, 



