22 THOUGHTS ON HUNTING 



You will, perhaps, think my lodging-rooms higher 

 than is necessary. I know that they are considerably 

 higher than is usual ; the intention of which is, to 

 give more air to the hounds ; and I have not the 

 least doubt that they are the better for it. I will no 

 longer persecute you with this unentertaining subject, 

 but send you a plan from my own kennel, and take 

 my leave of you. 



P.S. — I send only the ground-plan and elevation, 

 as the size of the outer court, and grass-court, are 

 perfectly immaterial ; the one should not be small, 

 and the other should be as large as you can con- 

 veniently make it. 



hounds' bodies will draw it up from any depth. This is the cause of that 

 terrible scourge kennel-lameness, which is nothing else but rheumatism. 

 If kennels are already built on gravel, the floor should be taken up, the 

 ground excavated, and three feet of clay puddled in. Of course spout- 

 ing should be attended to, and if there is any high ground above the 

 kennel floor, drains should be made to carry off surface water.] 



