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French Method of 



bolt, which, if it strike into flesh, it goes deeper : if it 

 touches a bone, it then turns itself broadways ; and thus, 

 though a ball would only have broke one rib, it broke 

 three, close up to the back. The number of balls that 

 he received shall be the subject of my next letter." — 

 This boar, it seems, was three years old, was run by 

 fleet fox hounds, and during the progress of the chase, 

 crossed four rivers. 



The following is the plan adopted by the French of 

 training or entering young hounds, from Colonel Thorn- 

 ton : — 



''In the country, puppies, after their separation from 

 the mother, which generally takes place when they are 

 two months old, are fed with bread, milk, and soup ; 

 they are never suffered to eat carrion, nor to run about 

 among the warrens; they are not shut up, but being- 

 kept in the covu't yard, they become familiar with the 

 other domestic animals, which they are afterwards not 

 tempted to pursue, and are habituated to the inclemency 

 of the air by their frequent courses in the fields. At 

 the age of ten months, or a year at farthest, they are 

 taken to the kennel for the pvu-pose of training : it is 

 here thought to be of advantage to keep them together 

 in the same kennel. The whipper-in, to whom their 

 education is committed, takes care not to suffer them to 

 stir a step, or take their meals, without orders. He 

 therefore begins by habituating them to the different 

 tones and expressions used in the chase, to make them 

 obedient to these. For this purpose he puts a trough 

 with bread, about ten yards from the door of the kennel, 

 which he half opens, and putting in, through the open- 



