38 THOtJGH^rS UPON HUNTING, 



fiable of horfcs belong; to the iiroom — whilll the 

 maflcr had httle more power in the direction of 

 either, than a perfedl firanger. — This } on will 

 not fafFer. I know you choofe to keep the fu- 

 premc command in your own hands ; and though 

 you permit your fervants to remonftrate, you da 

 not fufFer them to difobey. — He who allows a 

 huntfman to manage his hounds without controul^ 

 literally keeps them for the huntfman's amufe- 



ment. You defire to know what is required of 



a feeder ; — 1 will tell you as well as I can. 



As our fport depends entirely on that exquilite 

 {en{c of fmelling, fo peculiar to the hound, care 

 mult be taken to preferve it ; and cleanlinefs is 

 the furefl; means. The keeping your kennel 

 fweet and chaji cannot therefore be too much re- 

 commended to the feeder ; nor fhould you on any 

 account admit the leaft deviation from it. If he 

 feesjTjzf exadl, he will be fo himfelf. — This is a 

 very eilential part of his bulinefs. The boil- 

 ing for tlic hounds ; mixing of the meat ; and get- 

 ting it ready for them at proper hours, your huntf- 

 man will ofccurfe take care of ; nor is it ever 

 likely to be forgotten. I mufl caution you not 

 to let your dogs eat their meat too hot ; for I have 

 known it attended with bad confcquences ; you 

 thould alfo order it to be mixed up as thick as 

 poiTible. — When the feeder has cleaned his ken- 

 nel in the morning, and prepared his meat, it is 



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