198 LAVISH EXPENDITTJEE. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The Expenses of a Hunting Establishment. — Arithmetic ap- 

 plied to Horses and Hounds. — The old Grey-hound Fox. — 

 A little bit of a Frolic. — Young Blood, and how to treat it. 

 — A few Remarks on Practical Knowledge. — The proper 

 Number of Hounds in a Pack. — Some Sanitary Consider- 

 ations with respect to Food and Warmth. — Preparations 

 for Cub-hunting. — How to test the Condition of a Fox- 

 hound. — Qualities of Setters and Pointers crossed with 

 the Fox-hound.— The Battue System. — The Day's Work 

 of a Setter and Fox -hound compared. — Distinctive 

 Features of the Rough and Smooth Haired Hound. — The 

 Kennels at Belvoir and Cottesmere thirty years ago. — 

 Lord Fitz William's Pack. 



The expenses of a hunting establishment will 

 vary according to country, and the rank held by 

 the Master ; but I cannot forbear again remarking 

 that the lavish expenditure in these times debars 

 country gentlemen of moderate income from 

 aspiring to that position ; and although agreeing 

 " that what is worth doing at all should be well 



