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fancy it ; although it might be economical 

 to find out their vices, and by tjiat means 

 save the expense of keeping them over the 

 summer. A much better plan I should 

 imagine, if they are well bred, is to put them 

 with some veterans into a covert, not too 

 small or too large, certain of having a litter 

 of Foxes; and continue to hunt the dif- 

 ferent coverts you may happen to have in 

 your Cub-hunting country, thus giving 

 your young hounds plenty of work and 

 blood ; when, if I mistake not, you will 

 soon find they will " down with their noses " 

 without being unnaturally stooped to Hare. 

 If you are strong in Utters of Foxes in your 

 Cub-hunting country, you cannot give your 

 young pack too much work ; do not regard 

 their being scratched and disfigured ; it is 

 a good sign if they scratch their faces in 

 covert Cub-hunting, and it is the most 

 rational way of entering them. 



I remember once coming out of Tatter- 



