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Title: Cross country with horse and hound
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Peer, Frank Sherman
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ls for a time, and later a wire netting gives them a smallenclosure. In fact, they are treated very much like a broodof chickens. From four to six puppies is the averagenumber in a litter. Their eyes open when they are aboutten days old, and the small enclosure is eventually removed,giving the whelps the freedom of the lawn or paddock.It is a beautiful sight — forty or fifty fat, awkward puppiestumbling about on the green. This goes on for six oreight weeks, during which time they are taught to lapmilk preparatory to being weaned. After weaning theylive first on milk alone. Later they may find a bit ofnicely cooked oatmeal in the bottom of the pan, to whichpresently is added a bit of cooked meat chopped fine. Alittle later still, meat is given to them raw. About thistime, too, the huntsman goes out to call on farmers orothers whom he thinks may take a puppy to walk. Be-fore a puppy is fit to wean, he is carefully tattooed ormarked about his ears, and branded on his side, and a care-
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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 round.And 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

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