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given to Rallywood, would render him unable to 

 run a yard. Sometime before hunting commences 

 (say about three weeks), they should have plenty 

 of walking exercise, and salts given them once 

 a week. 



If a hound at any time is very foul, the following 

 recipe is very efficacious : 



3 grains ^thiops Mineral, 

 5 grains Calomel, 



made into a bolus ; the hound must of course 

 be carefvilly kept from cold water. 



Should your hounds be troubled with worms, 

 powdered glass sifted through nmslin is the best 

 remedy that I know of to remove them. The 

 dose should be as mvich as will lie on a shilling, 

 and I have seen it cause the ejection of a great 

 quantity of those destructive animals. 



In the summer months I always fed my hounds 

 the last thing in the evening : feeding them late 

 at that season of the year keeps them quiet in 

 the night, and is the wisest method I know to 

 prevent their rioting in the kennel. Servants in 

 general prefer feeding them early, in order that 

 they may have the evenings to themselves. 



It appears you wish to be informed of the 

 proper time to feed hounds the day before lumt- 

 ing ; if you were certain of finding at half past 



