THE FAEMEES' BOOK 185 



Green food and sulphur ought to be given at least once a week. 



Hounds must be in condition if hares are to be killed. The 

 harder they are, the more days they can hunt, and the keener they 

 are in breaking up the hare. 



Use "Sanitas" or some disinfectant in the kennel freely, also 

 have a post in the yard. It keeps the yard cleaner. 



See the hounds fed sometimes after long driving meets. I have 

 found the food laid out on the kennel floor before now when I have 

 gone up unexpectedly. 



Always tell Bob what hounds you want out next day or you will 

 be sure to find some lame 'uns that he thinks sound enough.— K. W. 



Some hounds that we had, had not had their dew claws cut. 

 They were the first to go lame. This seems to show that puppies 

 should always have their dew claws cut. 



I hunted all through one frost. If you put salt down in the 

 sleeping-rooms, and round the feeding-troughs when they come in 

 from hunting, hounds' feet get as hard as iron. — K. W. 



The following veterinary notes made by K. Walker seem worth 

 preserving : — 



[Forms. R Santonini, grs. iv. 



Areca nut, 3 h- 



This makes one pill the right size for puppies six months old. Half 

 this pill for small puppies. Give fasting three times a week. 



Dysenfertj. R Carbolic Acid, 3 i- 



Water, 5 xxx. 



i.e. a teaspoonful of carbolic acid in 1^- pts. of water. Give one 

 tablespoonful of the mixture twice a day. In a bad case three times a 

 day. Keep the hound from lapping cold water for a few days. 



^*^ The above were got from Worral, Huntsman of Old Berkeley 

 Hounds, 



Distemper. R Digitalis Powder, grs. xii. 



Tartrate of Antimony, grs. iii. 

 Nitre, powdered, 3 i- 



Makes twelve pills. Give one every morning. Tie up hound in 

 warm dry place. Feed on warm slops. 



