DOGS. 



standard food for dogs, but this should not be given 

 raw, as its tendency is to produce a ferocity of dis- 

 position: cold boiled meat is decidedly the best; but 

 it should be varied, now and then, with a little dog 

 biscuit, or farinaceous food, as oatmeal porridge pre- 

 pared with broth in which meat has been boiled. A 

 little bread dipped in the same sort of broth, and 

 given to the dog, is very nourishing, as are also a 

 few bones from the dinner or supper table: they 

 assist their teeth, and help to keep their bowels in 

 order. One good meal a day is sufficient; he may 

 then be left to pick up what he can. 



But though one meal a day, regularly supplied, is 

 enough for a dog, he must not, on any account, be 

 restricted in his drink: he should have, at all times, 

 access to a pan of clean cold water. The pan in 

 which the water is kept should be cleaned out daily. 



Hounds require rather a different treatment to 

 other kind of dogs: oatmeal porridge, made with 

 broth in which meat has been boiled, given alternately 

 with cold boiled flesh, will be found very nourishing. 

 Before hunting, the hounds should be sharp set; 

 they go the better for it: on returning from the 

 chace, the hounds should always be fed; and a se- 

 cond meal, given some time afterwards, will be found 

 very serviceable: indeed, some hounds feed better at 

 the second meal than they do at the first. After 

 feeding, the hounds should be turned out into the 

 lawn or field to relieve themselves; which practice 

 not only promotes their health, but contributes very 

 essentially to the cleanliness of their kennel. 



Hounds that have been out, should not be taken 

 out hunting the next day; like horses, they may be 

 seriously injured if too great a degree of exertion be 



