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accessories — a boiling-house and flesh and meal store. By this ar- 

 rangement the hounds can be taken in from the drawing-court and 

 fed, then turned into the after-feeding court, from whence they would 

 be led to their separate lodgings. The boiling-house adjoins the 

 feeding-chamber, but would be effectually cut off from it and the 

 meal-store, and properly ventilated by flues through the roof In the 

 centre wing, towards the south-west, is a room for the feeder, a room 

 for drying purposes, and a hospital. This completes the accommoda- 

 tion of a small kennel ; and if it is found desirable to place the hunts- 

 man and whipper-in near to them, they might be placed as indicated 

 on the plan. Provision should be made in the courts for troughs, so 

 arranged that the animals will not be able to foul the drinking-water. 



The floor of the kennels is best of Portland cement concrete, laid 

 with proper falls and channels to the drains, taken outside and thor- 

 oughly disconnected and trapped. Arrangements could be contrived 

 for utilising the heat of the boiling-house, and conveying it across to 

 the kennel in cold weather by means of a conduit running under the 

 court, and a hot-water or hot-air coil in each chamber ; but this would 

 not be often necessary, as the dogs would keep each other warm 

 enough if the rooms are not made too large. In the ceiling of each 

 lodging there would be an opening about eighteen inches square, with 

 a hinged flap, and cords to open and shut at pleasure. The vitiated 

 air would pass through this opening into the roof, and be sucked away 

 by the ventilator on the ridge. 



Although it is not desirable that a great deal of expense be put on 

 the exterior of the kennels, yet every gentleman will see the desirability 

 of making it in harmony with the other buildings on his estate, and 

 the eye will not be offended by the judicious introduction of a few 

 ornamental features ; but this ought to be kept in subjection to the 

 more needful things which conduce to the comfort and health of the 

 occupants, which, after having been attained, can be added to and en- 

 hanced according to the taste and discretion of the person interested. 



