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The rest of the kennel should consist of a large 

 court in front, which should be also bricked, having 

 a grass court adjoining, and a little brook running 

 through the middle of it. The earth taken out of 

 Mr. Beckford's was thrown up into a mount, where 

 the hounds in summer used to sit. This court was 

 planted round with trees, and had besides a lime- 

 tree and some horse-chesnut-trees near the middle of 

 it, for the sake of shade. A high pale inclosed the 

 whole. The grass-court was pitched near the pale, 

 to prevent the hounds from scratching out. The 

 posts in the courts were for the conveniency of the 

 hounds. This is done to save the trees, to which 

 the urinary salts are prejudicial. If they are at first 

 backward in coming to them, bind some straw 

 round the bottom, and rub it with galbanum. 



At the back of the kennel should be a house, 

 thatched and furzed up on the sides, big enough to 

 contain at least a load of straw. Here should be a 

 pit ready to receive the dung, and a gallows for the 

 flesh. The gallows should have a thatched roof, 

 and a circular board at the posts of it, to prevent 

 vermin from climbing up. A little hay-rick in the 

 grass-yard is of use to keep the hounds cle n and 

 fine in their coats ; they will be found frequently 

 rubbing themselves against it ; the shade of it also 

 is useful to them in summer. If ticks at any time 

 be troublesome in the kennel, let the walls of it be 

 well washed ; if they still remain, the wails should 

 then be white-washed. 



In summer, one of the kennels should be appro- 

 priated to the use of the young hounds. If the 

 hounds are very quarrelsome, the feeder may sleep 

 in a cot, in the kennel adjoining ; and, if well chas- 

 tised at the first quarrel, his voice will be sufficient 

 to settle all their differences afterwards. 



