1S2 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



Of Chastising Hounds. 



if he be allowed to continue out, and the punishment 

 delayed till the regular period of returning home, he 

 becomes ignorant for what it is inflicted ; and the correc- 

 tion, which, under other circumstances would have been 

 necessary and wholesome, is thus converted into cruelty, 

 and the purpose intended to be answered by its applica- 

 tion rendered completely abortive. When, however, 

 hounds are unruly or disobedient in the kennel, they 

 should of course be punished there ; and, in all cases, the 

 more quickly the chastisement follows the commission of 

 the crime, the better. But, in no case would I apply 

 the lash, where the smack of the whip, accompanied by 

 angry words, would answer the purpose. At the same 

 time, I am well aware, that flogging, and severe flogging 

 too, is frequently indispensable to the requisite discipline 

 and well-being of a pack of fox-hounds ; and the higher 

 these animals are bred, the more will they require the 

 application of the lash : this arises from the inferiority of 

 their olfactory organs, which disqualifies them from per- 

 ceiving the difference of scents with that discriminating 

 nicety which distinguishes the deep-flewed hound, and 

 they in consequence become more unsteady. 



The management of hounds should be considered as 

 a regular system of education ; and "if you expect sa- 

 gacity in your hoimd when he is old, you must be mind- 

 ful what instruction he receives from you in his youth ; 

 for, as he is of all animals, the most docile, he is also 

 most liable to bad habits. A diversity of character, con- 

 stitution, and disposition is to be observed amongst 

 them ; which, to be made the most of, must be carefully 

 attended to, and treated differentlv," 



