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AFTER the young hounds have been rounded and 

 are well reconciled to the kennel, know the huntsman, and. 

 begin to know their names, they should be put into couples, 

 and walked out amongst sheep. 



If any be particularly snappish and troublesome, you 

 should leave the couples loose about their necks in the 

 kennel, till you find they are more reconciled to them. If 

 any be more stubborn than the rest, you should couple 

 them to old hounds rather than to young onesj and you 

 shculd not couple two dogs together, when you can avoid 

 it. Young hounds are aukward at first j I should there- 

 fore advise you 'to send out a few only at a time, with 

 your people on foot ; they will soon afterwards become 

 handy enough to follow a horse ; and care should be 

 taken that the couples be not too loose, lest they should 



