20 THOUGHTS ON HUNTING 



climbing up. If you can inclose a piece of ground 

 adjoining to your kennel, for such dog-horses as may 

 be brought to you alive, it will be of great use ; as it 

 mioht be dangerous to turn them out where other 

 horses go ; for you may not always be able to discover 

 their disorders. Hither you may also bring your 

 hounds, after they have been fed, to empty them- 

 selves ; here you will have more opportunities of 

 seeing them than in the kennel ; and will be enabled, 

 therefore, to make your draft for the next day with 

 greater accuracy. 



A stove, I believe, is made use of in some kennels ; 

 but, where the feeder is a good one, a mop, properly 

 used, will render it unnecessary. I have a little 

 hay-rick in the grass-yard, which I think is of use, to 

 keep the hounds clean, and fine in their coats : you 

 will find them frequently rubbing themselves against 

 it : the shade of it also is useful to them in summer. 

 If ticks at any time be troublesome in your kennel, 

 let the walls of it be well washed : if that should not 

 destroy them, the walls must then be whitewashed. 



In the summer, when you do not hunt, one kennel 

 will be sufficient : the other may then be set apart for 

 the young hounds, who should also have the grass- 

 court adjoining to it. It is best, at that time of the 

 year, to keep them separate ; and it prevents many 

 accidents which otherwise might happen ; nor should 

 they be put together till the hunting season begins. 1 

 If your hounds be very quarrelsome, the feeder may 



1 The dogs and the bitches may also be kept separate from each 

 other during the summer months, where there are conveniences for it. 



