74 OF THE TREATMENT 



LETTER VI. 



After the young hounds have been rounded, 

 and are well reconciled to the kennnel, know the 

 huntsman, and begin to know their names, they 

 should be put into couples, and walked out 

 amongst the sheep. 



If any are particularly snappish and trouble- 

 some, you should leave the couples loose about 

 their necks in the kennel, till you find they are 

 more reconciled to them. If any are more stub- 

 born than the rest, you should couple them to 

 old hounds, rather than to young ones ; and 

 you should not couple two dogs together, when 

 you can avoid it. Young hounds are awkward 

 at first ; I should therefore advise you to send 

 out a few only at a time with your people on 

 foot ; they will soon afterwards become handy 

 enough to follow a horse ; and care should be 

 taken that the couples be not too loose, lest they 

 should slip their necks out of the collar, and 

 give trouble in the catching of them again. 



