t4- THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



not deftroy them, the walls muft then be whitc- 

 wafhed. 



In the fummer when you do not hunt, one 

 kennel will be fufficient ; the other then may be 

 iet apart for the young hounds, which fliould alfo 

 have the grafs-court adjoining to it. It is beft at 

 that time of the year to keep them feparate, and 

 it prevents many accidents which otherwife might 

 happen ; nor fhould they be put together till the 

 hunting feafon begins.* If your hounds be very 

 quarrel fome, the feeder may fleep in a cot, in the 

 kennel adioinincf; and if thev be well ch ail: i fed 

 at the firft quarrel, his voice will be fufhcient to 

 fettle all their differences afterwards.-}- Clofc to 

 the door of the kennel, let there be always a 

 quantity of little fwitches, which three narrow 

 boards, nailed to one of the poils, will eafily 

 contain.:}: 



•* The dogs and the bitches may alfo be kept feparate from 

 each other during the funimer months, where there are conve- 

 niences for it. 



f In a kennel in Oxfordfliire the feeder pulls a bell, which 

 the hounds underftand the meaning of; it filences them im- 

 mediately, and faves him the trouble of getting out of his bed. 



I When hounds are perfeftly obedient, whips are no longer 

 neceflary ; fwjtches, in my opinion, are preferable. The whips 

 I life are coach whips three feet long, the thong half the length 

 of the crop. They are more handy than horfe whips, curred 

 the hounds as well, and hurt them lefs, 



My 



