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LETTER VII. 



Unless I had kept a regular journal of all 

 that has been done in the kennel from the time 

 when my young hounds were first taken in to 

 the end of the last season, it would be impossi- 

 ble, I think, to answer all the questions which, 

 in your last letter, you ask concerning them. I 

 wish that a memory, which is far from being a 

 good one, may enable me to give the informa- 

 tion you desire. If I am to be more circum- 

 stantial than in my former letter, I must recol- 

 lect, as well as I can, the regular system of my 

 own kennel ; and if I am to write from memory, 

 you will, without doubt, excuse the lucidus 

 ordo which may be wanting : — it shall be my 

 endeavour, that the information these Letters 

 contain shall not mislead you. 



You desire me to explain what I mean by 

 hounds being handy. It relates to their readi- 

 ness to do whatever is required of them ; and. 

 particularly, when cast, to turn easily which way 

 the huntsman pleases.* 



* Mj hounds are frequently walked about the courts of 



