THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. ig 



the other kennels arc not lefs to be attended to, 

 nor fliould you pafs over in lilence any omiliion 

 that is hurtful to your hounds^ 



The floor of each lod£rinj2;-room fhould be 

 l)ricked, and floped on both fides to run to the 

 centre, with a gutter left to carry off the water, 

 that when they are wafhed they may be Iboti 

 dry. If water fhould remain through any fault 

 in the floor, it fhould be carefully mopped up ; 

 for as warmth is in the greatefl degree neceflary 

 to hounds after work, fo damps are equally pre- 

 judicial. You will think me, perhaps, too par- 

 ticular in thefe diredlions ; yet there can be no 

 harm in your knowing what your fervants ought 

 to do ; as it is not impolTible it may be fometimes 

 neceffary for you to fee that it is done. In your 

 military profellion you are perfectly acquainted 

 with the duty of a common foldier, and though 

 you have no further bulinefs with the minutise of 

 it, without doubt you ftill find the knowledge of 

 them ufeful to you : believe me, they may be 

 ufeful here ; and you will pardon me, I hope, if 

 1 wifh to fee you a Martinet in the kennel as 

 well as in the field. Orders given without fkill 

 are feldom well obeyed, and wiiere the mafier 

 is either ignorant, or inattentive, the fervant will 

 be idle. 



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