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work. I am pleased to hear you have it 

 in contemplation to hunt your own hounds, 

 l>ut I would advise you, not to attempt so 

 great an undertaking unless you can give 

 your whole time to it ; at all events, you 

 should never leave your hounds from the 

 first day of Cub-hunting until the end of 

 the season. Allow me to observe that Cub- 

 hunting is very necessary for many reasons ; 

 you will gain by it a thorough knowledge 

 of your pack ; and they will know you, 

 obey you, and when you want them, will 

 also carry you through many difficulties 

 they otherwise would not. I always con- 

 sidered the Cub-Hunting season the time 

 when a master of hounds never ought to be 

 absent, whether he hunts them himself or 

 not ; and, to a real sportsman, it is a great 

 pleasure to see his young hounds enter. 



When regular hunting begins, the labo- 

 rious part of a Huntsman's duty is over, and 

 the pack may then be said to be formed. If 



