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will soon come to. The time they are brought 

 home is generally during the season when the men 

 have not time to take them out, even if under 

 command, which makes it so necessary for them 

 to have an enclosed grass-plot to run over ; and 

 often prevents distemper going through the whole 

 lot, as is often the case when they are confined 

 close together. 



There are pipes to convey water to every kennel, 

 with a tap in each. 



As before stated, economy in building these 

 kennels and stables has been attended to, which 

 the fact of the expense being less than half of a 

 previous plan, designed by a first-rate architect, 

 will prove ; but it is fair to add that the first would 

 have been a splendid building. 



These kennels and stables are building at the 

 expense of Lord Suffield, who is doing the thing 

 on a liberal scale. 



