KENNEL DISCIPLINE. 25 



In the summer, when you do not hunt, one 

 kennel will be sufficient ; the other then may be 

 for the young hounds, who should also have the 

 grass-court adjoining to it. It is best at that 

 time of the year to keep them separate, and it 

 prevents many accidents which otherwise might 

 happen ; nor should they be put together till 

 the hunting season begins.* If your hounds 

 are very quarrelsome, the feeder may sleep in a 

 cot, in the kennel adjoining; and if they are 

 well chastised at the first quarrel, his voice will 

 be sufficient to settle all their differences after- 

 wards. "f* Close to the door of the kennel, let 

 there be always a quantity of little switches ; 

 which three narrow boards, nailed to one of the 

 posts, will easily contain.;]; 



- My kennel is close to the road-side, but it 

 was unavoidable. This is the reason why my 



* The dogs and the bitches may also be kept separate 

 from each other during the summer months, where there 

 are conveniences for it. 



-f- In a kennel in Oxfordshire the feeder pulls a bell, 

 which the hounds understand the meaning of: it silences 

 them immediately, and saves him the trouble of getting 

 out of his bed. 



:{: "When hounds are perfectly obedient, whips are no 

 longer necessary ; switches, in my opinion, are preferable. 

 The whips I use are coach-whips, three leet long, the thong 

 half the length of the crop : they are more handy than 

 horse-whips, correct the hounds as well, and hurt them 

 less. 



