thers, but by daily acquainting them with
the Violence of such Exercises, which made it both familiar and natural
to them. And _He that doth not train up his Horse so, puts a Cheat upon
himself_.

Lastly, If for the _Maintenance of your Health_, by preventing
Infirmities and Grossness of Humours, you compose your Kennel; consult
first your own _Ability_ for this Exercise; and if you think you are
able to _foot_ it away, then the _Biggest and slowest Dogs_ you can get
are best; which you may bring so to your Command, as to make them Hunt
with no more speed than you please to lead them. And herein you are
surrounded with a double Delight; to hear their _Musick_, and observe
their ambitious and eager _Striving to out-go one another_, in the
Pursuit of their Game, and yet restrained by a submissive Compliance to
their Masters Pleasure, beyond which they dare not presume to pass. But
if you would _pad it_ away through an Unability of footing it, Then
choose the _slowest or middle-sized Hounds_, of good Mouths and Noses,
for loud Cry, and ready Scent.

Thus far for the Composing a Kennel: I come now to the _Kennel it self_,
of which I need say little, as indeed unnecessary, leaving that to the
Discretion of the _Huntsman_; Only I would have him observe, that it be
built some pretty way distant from the Dwelling-House, in a warm dry
place, free from Vermine, and near some Pond or River of fresh Water;
and so placed, that the Morning Sun may shine upon it. Be sure to keep
it clean, and let them not want fresh Straw every day. Feed them early
in the Morning at Sun-rising, and at Sun-set in the Evening. As for
their _Meat_, I leave to the ingenious Huntsman to get; Only this I must
tell him, Three Bushels of Oates or Barley-Meal, with the half so much
Bran or Mill-dust, besides the Horse-Flesh, Scraps, Bones, Crusts, &c.
which the painful Huntsman can procure, is a fit weekly Proportion to
keep _nine_ or _ten_ Couple of Hounds. When they come from Hunting,
after you have fed them well, let them to their Kennel, and wash their
Feet with Beer and Butter, or some such thing, and pick and search their
Cleys, for Thorns, Stubs, or the like: If it is in _Winter_, let a fire
be made, and let them beak and stretch themselves for an hour or so at
the fire, and suffer them to lick, pick, and trim themselves; hereby to
prevent the _Diseases_ incident to them, upon sudden Cooling, as the
_Mange_, _Itch_, _Feavors_, &c. of which I come now t