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of considerable expense. The hounds during the hunting season 

 will not require it at all, as they should be walked out several times 

 a day into a paddock or field, and should not be allowed to lie 

 about anywhere but on their benches. 



In the rear of the kennels there should be a covered passage into 

 which the doors of the middle kennel can open, and leading to 

 th3 feeding-house, which stands under the same roof as the boil- 

 ing-house, only separate i from it by a partition. This passage 



Fig. 42. 



-VENTILATING SHAFT,— a, 6, c, d, the four divisions of shaft ; 

 «, /, board for distributing down current. 



should be so constructed as to make a foot-bath for the hounds as 

 they pass through after hunting, the bricks being gradually sloped 

 from each end to the center, where it should be a foot deep, with 

 a plugged drain in the lowest par^, to let the hot hquor or water 



