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under-drains. Gutter-bricks are laid round each yard, 

 emptying into a gutter on the outside. A pail or two of 

 water, followed by a broom, will sluice the gutter to the 

 cesspool, which (as will appear by the plan) is some 

 distance from the lodging-houses. The bricks in all the 

 yards being laid highest in the middle, the water thrown 

 down falls each way to the gutters. The bricks are dry 

 in a few minutes — a consideration of no slight import- 

 ance, as all will admit who are acquainted with kennel 

 lameness, and its causes. From having no underground 

 drains, a rat has never been seen upon the premises. 

 Water is laid on by pipes in the walls, and a tap in each 

 yard. The lodging-houses are thatched with reeds, 

 which form the most desirable roofing, with regard to 

 coolness in summer, and warmth in winter. Each 

 lodging-house will contain thirty couples of hounds. 

 The huntsman's and feeder's windows look immediately 

 into the yards, so that they are both within earshot of 

 the slightest riot. 



' And with a voice, 



Fierce, menacing, o'errule the stern debate, 

 And quench their kindhng rage." 



The boiling-house and flesh-house are sixty-three yards 

 distant from the feeding-house, through a plantation, so 

 that no smell can at any time affect the kennel. On 

 the east side of the huntsman's house, and kennel, are 

 a whole row of commodious leans-to for bitches with 

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