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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
smack of the whip is often of as much use as the lash, to one 
that has felt it. If any are very unsteady, it will not be 
amiss to send them out by themselves, when the men go out 
to exercise their horses. If hares are plentiful in the neigh¬ 
bourhood, let some be found sitting, and turned out before 
them, and you will soon find that the most riotous will not run 
after them. If they are to be made steady from deer, they 
should see them often, and they will not regard them. 
Flogging hounds frequently in kennel is a practice with 
many huntsmen, but which ought on no account to be per¬ 
mitted : it is unreasonable, unjust, and cruel. Hounds that 
are old offenders, that are very riotous, and at the same 
time very cunning, may be difficult to catch—such hounds 
may be excepted—they deserve punishment, whenever it 
happens, and huntsmen of course should not fail to give it 
them when they can. This we will allow is a particular 
rnse, and necessity may excuse it; but let not the peace and 
quiet of the kennel be often thus disturbed. When hounds 
offend, punish them—when caught in the act, then let them 
suffer—and if severity be exercised, let it be just. 
TRAINING OF POINTERS AND SETTERS. 
One of the earliest lessons which a dog should be taught 
is obedience ; this can be accomplished by walking him out 
near home, and when he ranges to too great a distance he 
must be called back, using the words here , or come in. To 
teach him to go behind, the words book, or behind , should 
be used. 
At this period it will be proper to accustom the dog to be 
tied up in a stable, but not for too long a time at the outset, 
as a dog’s growth is apt to be cramped by confining him too 
much at an early age. Where the situation is favourable, 
dogs under twelve months should always be allowed to go 
