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himself, he had better engage the unen- 

 tered draughts from some well-known pack, 

 whose master is enabled to breed more 

 young Hounds than he requires, and which 

 are generally the perquisite of the Hunts- 

 man, or head man in the kennel. If you 

 engage all the draught young Hounds from 

 a celebrated kennel, you have a chance of 

 having nearly as good an entry as the 

 breeder himself. Young Hounds alter so 

 much in the course of a few months, that 

 you would scarcely know them ; more par- 

 ticularly late whelps, which are often 

 under size when they are sent home from 

 their walks. I have known instances of 

 a Master of Hounds losing nearly the whole 

 of his entry reserved for himself by the dis- 

 temper, while his draught entirely escaped 

 it. With those and the few you breed 

 yourself, it may thus happen you may have 

 the best entry of the two ; and also, which 

 is another advantage, you are sure to have 



