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CHAPTER XII. 



The Sportsman's Library.— A practical Lesson on the Evils of 

 Idleness. — Salutary discipline for Riotous Dogs. — The 

 Author's Apology for being Dogmatical on Dogs. — When 

 Whelps should be turned out of the Nursery. — The Myste- 

 ries of Barley Meal. — Cure for the Red Mange. 



Every sportsman ought to have in his library 

 Lawrence and Nimrod on Horses, with Beckford 

 and Dehne RadchfFe on Hounds. He will of course 

 patronise the " Sporting Review" and " Bailey's 

 Magazine" also, from whose pages he may derive 

 both information and instruction. 



It will, I dare say, appear very strange in this 

 enlightened age, when so much has been written 

 on the management of hounds, and with a class of 

 huntsmen supposed to know everything about 

 kennel and field practice, that ignorance and 

 obstinacy should still prevail to an alarming extent 

 in some establishments, proving, as I have said, 

 the necessity of the Master knowing his business 



