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whole pack — one, that of corrupting, and getting into 

 scrapes, such as are not much wiser than themselves j and 

 the other, that of occasioning much flogging and rateing, 

 which always shies and interrupts the hunting of an old 

 hound. An old hound is a sagacious animal, and is not 

 fond of trusting himself in the way of an enraged whip- 

 per-in, who, as experience has taught him, can flog se- 

 verely, and can flog unjustly. — By attending to this advice, 

 you will improve one part of your pack, without prejudice 

 to the other ; while such as never separate their young 

 hounds from the old, are not likely to have any of them 

 steady. 



You ask, at what time you should begin to enter your 

 young hounds ? — that question is easily answered ; for you 

 certainly should begin with them as soon as you can. The 

 time n'.ust vary in different countries : in corn countries, 

 it may not be possible to hunt till after the corn is cut ; 

 in grass countries, yon may begin sooner; and, in wood- 

 lands, you may hunt as soon as you please. — If you have 

 plenty of foxes, and can afford to make a sacrifice of some 

 of them, for the sake of making your young hounds steady. 



