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have vegetables in great plenty.* I muft alfo add, 

 that if my hounds return from hunting earlier 

 than they were expeded, I now order them to 

 be Ihut up in the lodging room till their meat be 

 made ready for them. Hounds never refl contented 

 till they have been fed ; nor will they remahi 

 upon their benches unlefs they be confined ; yet, 

 without doubt, lying upon the pavement, or even 

 ilanding out in the cold, after violent exercife, 

 mull be prejudicial to them. 



I am glad to hear that your huntfman knows 

 the country which he is to hunt ; nothing in 

 fox-hunting is more effential than that ; and it 

 may make amends for many faults. Foxes are not 

 capricious, they know very well what they are 

 about ; are quick, I believe, at determining, and 

 refolute in perfevering : they generally have a. 

 point to go to, and, though headed and turned di- 

 re6tly from it, feldom fail to make it good at lafl ; 

 this, therefore, is a great help to an obferving 

 huntfman. 



Suffer not your huntfinan io encourage his 

 hounds too much on a bad fcenting day, particu- 

 larly in covers where there is much riot. Hark,Hark, 

 Hark, which injudicious huntfmcn are fo fond of 



* Sulphur made into a ball with butter, or hog's lard, and 

 given two or three mornings following, may alfo be neceflary. 



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