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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIER!. 
Nothing is of greater consequence to the health and effi¬ 
ciency of dogs than cleanliness. Their kenndls ought to he 
frequently replenished with dry and clean straw, and their 
apartments well aired. Their beds should, if possible, be 
placed on a wooden bench, or, at least, on some dry place. 
On attention to cleanliness also depends the perfection of 
their olfactory nerves, and sense of smelling; for if accus¬ 
tomed to disagreeable effluvia, a dog will be ill-adapted to 
trace the fail of a deer, or scent of a fox, through greasy 
fallows or ground tainted by the grazing of sheep. 
OF TRAINING FOXHOUNDS. 
The first thing to be attended to in young dogs of all kinds, 
is to make them understand their names well, and answer to 
them, before training, for which they should be rewarded and 
caressed. After foxhounds have learned to follow freely, they 
should be coupled, and led out amongst sheep, deer, &c., 
and made to understand that such is not their game. But 
when they have arrived at the locality where sheep and deer 
are, they must be let loose, and only a few at a time ; and 
if they attempt to run after them, they must be severely 
chastised, and the cry of *ware sheep , be often repeated to 
them, which cry will generally, on future occasions, have the 
effect of stopping them from sheep-running, without the ne¬ 
cessity of using the whip. Great care is necessary at the 
offset, to prevent them from worrying a sheep, which they 
will sometimes do under the management of careless train¬ 
ers. If they are allowed to taste the blood, it will be very 
difficult afterwards to break them of this bad habit. 
Young hounds should be often walked about the courts 
of the kennel, followed by the whipper-in, who ought tc 
rate them after the huntsmen. They should also be fre¬ 
quently taken out with people on foot, which teaches them 
