Sporting scenes and country characters . CUB HUNTING. 1^,-Sv-v i- j:\ HE pleasures of liuntiiiff would be wholly -> <a^^v ... p.^^^^^.-jC^;- destroyed, unless the hounds, in addition^k,r<MCiitK to perfection of nose, were rendered mas-l-kK^^ri^^-vi-: ters of their work in every respect, per-fectly under connnand, unerring, swift, resolute, andpersevering to the last. In order, therefore, to arriveat that state of perfection which is calculated to givethe highest gratification to all the followers in the chace,the practice of cub hunting is a preparatory and needfulstep. It is, indeed,
Sporting scenes and country characters . CUB HUNTING. 1^,-Sv-v i- j:\ HE pleasures of liuntiiiff would be wholly -> <a^^v ... p.^^^^^.-jC^;- destroyed, unless the hounds, in addition^k,r<MCiitK to perfection of nose, were rendered mas-l-kK^^ri^^-vi-: ters of their work in every respect, per-fectly under connnand, unerring, swift, resolute, andpersevering to the last. In order, therefore, to arriveat that state of perfection which is calculated to givethe highest gratification to all the followers in the chace,the practice of cub hunting is a preparatory and needfulstep. It is, indeed, strictly necessary for tlic purpose ofbreaking in young hounds to the pursuit of the foxalone, to have recourse, in the first instance, to wliat 40 CUB HUNTING. is termed blooding tliem,—or, in other words, to let themtaste the blood of the cubs. The young hounds are located within the precinctsof the kennels, and as soon as the hunting season hascome to a termination, their ears are properly roundedwith an instrument made for the pu
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