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thev came home from the day's S|X)rt. If 



Feed your ^ '^ ' 



Doge yourself. J j^^cl twenty servants, one should prepare 

 the food for them ; but I would not so 

 much as allow him to be present when 

 they are fed. The advantages you acquire 

 are very great, by doing this yourself: — 

 first, you make the dog attached to you, 

 and only to you ; for which reason he will 

 hunt the better for you, and infallibly be 

 more obedient. If your servant feeds him, 

 the dog is always looking after him, and 

 cares not one curse for you. What a 

 pretty situation you are in, with an igno- 

 rant groom, who knows not, in the smallest 

 degree, how to hunt or treat a dog in the 

 field : — by heavens ! you had as well stay 

 at home, either for the pleasure or the sport 

 you will have ! It is different with gentle- 

 men of fortune, who can afford to keep a 

 regular game-keeper and dog-breaker, who 

 knows well his business. Then the master 

 has nothing more to do than to go up and 

 shoot, when his dogs stand : every thing 

 else is the keeper's business. This is going 

 into the field in grand style, as it may be 

 truly said ; but a wandering, poor vagabond 



