Cross country with horse and hound . o (U Hound Breeding 17^ ful record is made of these brands, together with his colour,markings, and breeding. Soon after he is weaned some ofthe kennel servants, generally some superannuated memberof the hunt, goes out with a load of puppies, to deliverthem into the aprons of kindly disposed farmers wives,who for the year to come adopt them into the circle oftheir domesticated household, to feed and chastise them andbring them up in the way they should go, A look at thepuppy while at his walk shall be reserved for the follow-ing chapter. XVITHE HOUND PUPPY A
Cross country with horse and hound . o (U Hound Breeding 17^ ful record is made of these brands, together with his colour,markings, and breeding. Soon after he is weaned some ofthe kennel servants, generally some superannuated memberof the hunt, goes out with a load of puppies, to deliverthem into the aprons of kindly disposed farmers wives,who for the year to come adopt them into the circle oftheir domesticated household, to feed and chastise them andbring them up in the way they should go, A look at thepuppy while at his walk shall be reserved for the follow-ing chapter. XVITHE HOUND PUPPY AT WALK **Then drink, puppy, drink; and let every puppy drinkThat is old enough to lap and to swallow; For he 11 grow into a hound; So we 11 pass the bottle merrily we 11 whoop and we 11 holloa. OLD HUNTING SONG *And then, after dinner we found him asleepIn the bedroom up-stairs, where he lay in a heapOn the bed, which he covered with patches of dirt,—His pillow we found was my latest new shirt. RHYMES IN RED. XVITHE HOUND PUPPY AT WALK AN IMPORTANT EVENT MISCHIEVOUS PROPENSITIES KENNEL DISCIPLINE CUB-HUNTING HE walk is a very important part of the life ofa foxhound. He does so much better whenhe has the range of a whole farm insteadsimply of the kennels, where distemper andother epidemics are sure to prevail, that it is regularly apart of his education. Of course he is a mischievous brat,and makes no end of trouble. The farmer usually con-siders it better to take a pair of hounds than one alone, forwhen they are chewing away at each other they do lessharm than one of them would do chewing the farmerssealskin hat or Mrs. Farmers fur muff. The first year of a puppys life, at walk under the indul-gent care of Mrs. Farmer or her daughter, he surely looksback upon as one of the most enjoyable periods of hiseventful career. He has nothing to do but eat, grow, andbe merry. A litter of pigs to play with in the barn-yard,poultry to chase, cats to worry, perhaps a small boy f
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