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he, " come with me to the kenn&l, and see what rare sport 

 " the ram makes among the hounds : the old fellow lays 

 " about him stoutly, I assure you. Egad he trims them : 

 '* there is not a dog dares look him in ,the face." — His 

 friend, who is a compassionate man, pitied the hounds 

 exceedingly, and asked, if he was not afraid that some 

 of them might be spoiled ? " No ; d — n them," said he, 

 " they deserve it, and let them suffer." — On they went : all 

 was quiet : they opened the kennel door, but saw neither 

 ram nor hound. The ram by this time was entirely eaten 

 up, and the hounds, having filled their bellies, were retired 

 to rest. 



Without doubt it is best, when you air your hounds, 

 to take them out separately; the old ones one day, another 

 day the young* : but as 1 find your hounds are to have 

 their whey at a distant dairy, on those days both old and 

 young may be taken out together, observing only to take 



* It would be better still, to take out your hounds every day, the old 

 and young separately, when it can be done without inconvenience; when 

 it cannot, a large grass-court will partly answer the same purpose. 



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