42 ON THE FEEDING 



approve of it entirely ; since it certainly requires 

 more coolness and deliberation to distinguish 

 with precision which are best entitled to prece- 

 dence than this method of feeding will admit of; 

 and unless flesh is in great plenty, those that are 

 called in last may not have a taste of it. To 

 prevent this inconvenience, such as are low in 

 flesh had better, I think, be all drafted off into a 

 separate kennel;* by this means the hounds 

 that require Jlesh will have an equal share of it. 

 If any are much poorer than the rest, they 

 should be fed again — such hounds cannot be fed 

 too often. If any in the pack are too fat, they 

 should be drafted off", and not suff^ered to fill 

 themselves. The others should eat what they 

 will of the meat. The days my hounds have 

 greens or sulphur, they generally are let in all 

 together ; and such as rec\u\ve Jlesh have it given 

 to them afterwards. Having a good kennel- 

 huntsman, it is not often I take this trouble : 

 yet I seldom go into my kennel, but I give my- 



* By thus separating from the rest such as are poor, you 

 will proceed to the feeding of your hounds with more accu- 

 racy and less trouble ; and though they be at first drafted 

 off in the manner above described, it is still meant that 

 they should be let in to feed, one by one, as they answer to 

 their names ; or else, as it will frequently happen, they 

 may be better fed than taught. 



