THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 6^ 



If you find that they take a diflikc to any parti- 

 cular hound, the fafefl way will be to remove 

 him ; or it is probable they will kill him at laft. 

 When a feeder hears the hounds quarrel in the 

 kennel, he halloos to them to flop them. He 

 then goes in amongft them, and flogs every 

 hound he can come near. How much more rea- 

 fonable, as well as more efficacious, it would be, 

 were he to fee which were tlie combatants before 

 he fpeaks to them. Punifhment would then fall 

 as it ought, on the guilty only. In all packs 

 there are fome hounds more cjuarrelfome than the 

 reft ; and it is to them we owe all the mifchief 

 that is done. If you find chaftifement cannot 

 quiet thein, it may be prudent to break their 

 holders ; for lincc they are not neceffary to them 

 for the meat they have to eat, they are not likely 

 to fcrve theni in any good purpofe. 



Young hounds ought to be fed twice a day, as 

 they feldoin take kindly at iirft to the kennel- 

 meat, and the dillemper is moft apt to feize them 

 at this time. It is better not to round them till 

 they are thoroughly fettled ; nor Ihould it be put 

 off till the hot weather, for then they would 

 bleed too much.* If any of the dogs be thin 



over 



* It may be better, perhaps, to round them at their quarters, 

 when about fix months old; ihould it be done fooner, it would 

 make their ears tuck up. The tailing of them is ufually done 



before 



