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made them thirty, and it is now omitted in ili& 

 hunting fealbn. A horfc frellv killed is an ex- 

 cellent meal for hounds after a very hard day; 

 but they fhould not hunt till the third day after 

 it. The bones broken arc good food for poor 

 liounds, as there is great proof in them. Sheep 

 trotters are very fweet food, and will be of fer- 

 Yice when horfe-ilefh is not to be had. Bullocks' 

 bellies may be alfo of fome ufe,, if you can get 

 nothing elle. Oatmeal, I believe, makes the 

 beft meat for hounds; barley is certainly the 

 cheapeft ; and in many kennels they give barley 

 on that account; but it is heating, does not mi:c 

 up fo well, nor is there fo much proof in it as in 

 oatmeal. If mixed, an equal quantity of each, 

 k will then do very well, but barley alone will 

 not. Ivlacb alfo depends on the goodnefs of the 

 meal itfclf, which is not often attended to. If 

 you do not ufe your own, you ihoiild buy a large 

 quantity of it any time before harvell, and keep 

 it by you : there is no other certainty, I believe,^ 

 of having it old; which is more material than, 

 perhaps, you are aware of. I have heard that a 

 famous Chelhire huntfman feeds his hounds v/ith 

 wheat ; which he has found to be the befi; food. 

 He gives it them with the bran ; it would caufe 

 no little diilurbance in many neighbourhoods, if 

 other fportfmcn were to do the fame. 



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