THOUGHTS UPON HUNTII^G. ^J 



would dlfiurb them more than all their lickhis: 

 would make amends for. Wlieu you feed tliem 

 twice, keep them feparatc till after the fccond 

 feeding ; it would be ftill better were they not 

 put together till the next morning. 



Every day, when hounds come in from hunt- 

 ing, they ought carefully to be looked over, and 

 invalids fhould immediately be taken care of.*" 

 Such as have fore feet, fhould have them well 

 waflied out with brine, or pot liquor. If you 

 permit thofe hounds that are unable to work to 

 run about your houfe, it will be of great fervice 

 to them. Such as are ill, or lame, ought to be 

 turned out into another ICennel; it will be more 

 eafy to give them f/iere the attention they may re- 

 quire, both as to medicine and food. 



Every Thurfday during the hunting feafon, 

 my hounds have one pound of fulphur given 

 them in their meat; and every Sunday through- 

 out the, year they have plenty of greens boiled up 

 with it : I find it better to fix the days, as it is 

 then lefs liable to be forgotten. I ufed to give 

 them the wafh from the kitchen, but I found it 



* Hounds that come home lame fliould not be taken out 

 the next hunting day, fince they may appear found without be- 

 ing fo. At the beginning of the feafon the eyes of hounds are 

 frequently injured ; fuch hounds fliould not be hunted, and if 

 J^eir eyes continue weak they fliould lofe a little blood. 



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