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Training Hounds. 



ing, a switch, which he holds in his hand, he moves it 

 in such a manner, that those dogs which attempt to force 

 their way through, receive a smart stroke on the nose. 

 In a short time, with the aid of gentleness and patience, 

 and of the switch, which he still keeps moving, he is 

 enabled to open the door quite w ide, and placing him- 

 self in the middle, he prevents the dogs from going out. 

 When he has brought them so far, that not one of them 

 stirs when he half opens the door and cries back/ he 

 then turns round and permits them to go out to eat, 

 saying, come along, come along / This lesson being 

 repeated morning and evening, for several days, the 

 young pack become perfectly acquainted with the first 

 expressions ; on which, the next step is to make them 

 lie still on the benches in the kennel, crying back, while 

 he brings the tray into the place. When he sees that 

 they are perfect in this new lesson, he increases the diffi- 

 culty, by repeating the terms, tallij-ho, back, and come 

 along, before they eat. By degrees, he deters them 

 from stirring from the benches by the mere motion of 

 his hand, his handkerchief, or a whip, though he feigns 

 to turn round, and even when turning half round, he 

 employs one of these means of obedience contrary to 

 that motion. 



When the dogs are found to be less wild, and know 

 the persons who have the care of them, they may then 

 be coupled, and taken out morning and evening, or three 

 times a day, if despatch be necessary, to a place where 

 there is no danger of losing them — such as a field in- 

 closed with hedges. They are accompanied by four 

 men — one before, one behind, and two others on each 



