^j2. THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



naturally Inclined to rest. If they have had a severe day, 

 they are fed again some hours after*. As to the method 

 above mentioned, it may be more convenient, perhaps, 

 to have the hounds all together ^ but 1 cannot think it 

 necessary, for the reason that is given ; and 1 should ap- 

 prehend, a parcel of idle hounds shut up amongst such as 

 are tired and inclined to rest, would disturb them more 

 than all their lickino; would make amends for. When 

 you feed them twice, keep them separate till after the se- 

 cond feeding : it would be stiU better, were they not put 

 together till the next morning. 



Every day, when hounds come in from hunting, they 

 ought carefully to be looked over, and invalids should 

 immediately be taken care oi-f. Such as have sore feet, 



* My hounds are generally fed twice on the days they hunt. Some 

 will feed better the second time than the first ; besides, the turning them 

 out of the lodging-house refreshes them : they stretch their limbs, empty 

 their bodies ; and, as during this time their kennel is cleaned out, and 

 litter shaken up, they settle themselves better on the benches afterwards. 



+ Hounds that come home lame should not be taken out the next 

 hunting day, since they may appear sound without being so. At the be- 

 ginning of the season, the eyes of hounds are frequently injured : such 

 hounds should not be hunted, and, if their eyes continue weak, they should 

 lose a little blood. 



