'j^ THbUCIITS UPON HUNTfNG* 



^ for whey, till the hunting season begins ; are kept out sc** 

 veral hours 5 and are often made to swim through rivers^ 



' during the hot weather. After the last physic, and before 



they begin to hunt, they are exercised on the turnpike- 



' road, to harden their feet, which are washed with strong 



brine as soon as they come in. Little straw is necessary 



"^during the summer; but when they hunt they cannot 



I have too much, or have it changed too often. In many 

 kennels they do not boll for the hounds in summer, but 

 give them meal only : in mine it is always boiled ; but 

 Vv-ith this difference, that it is mixed up thin, instead of 

 thick. Many give spurge-laurel in summer, boiled up in 

 dieir meat : as I never use it, 1 cannot recommend it. 

 The physic that I give, is two pounds of sulphur, one pound 

 of antimony, and a pint and a half of syrup of buckthorn, 

 for about forty couple of hounds*. — In the winter season, 

 let your hounds be shut up warm at night. If, after hunt- 

 ing, any hounds be missing, the straw-house door should be 

 left open ; and, if they have had a hard day, it may be as 

 well to leave some meat there for them. 



* Vide page *55. 



