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no farther business with the minutiae of it, without 

 doubt you still find the knowledge of them useful to 

 you. Believe me, they may be useful here ; and you 

 will pardon me, I hope, if I wish to see you a 

 Martinet in the kennel, as well as in the field. 

 Orders given without skill are seldom well obeyed ; 

 and where the master is either ignorant or inattentive, 

 the servant will be idle. 



I also wish, that, contrary to the usual practice in 

 building kennels, you would have three doors ; two 

 in the front, and one in the back ; the last to have a 

 lattice-window in it, with a w T ooden shutter, which is 

 constantly to be kept closed when the hounds are in, 

 except in summer, when it should be left open all 

 the day. This door answers two very necessary 

 purposes : it gives an opportunity of carrying out 

 the straw when the lodging- room is cleaned, and, 

 as it is opposite to the window, will be a means to 

 let in a thorough air, which will greatly contribute to 

 keep it sweet and wholesome. The other doors will 

 be of use in drying the room when the hounds are 

 out ; and as one is to be kept shut, and the other 

 hooked back (allowing just room for a dog to pass), 

 they are not liable to any objection. The great 

 window in the centre should have a folding shutter ; 

 half, or the whole, of which, may be shut at nights, 

 according to the weather : and your kennels, by that 

 means, may be kept warm or cool, just as you please 

 to have them. The two great lodging -rooms are 

 exactly alike, and, as each has a court belonging to 

 it, are distinct kennels, situated at the opposite ends 

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