i8o HARE-HUNTING AND HARRIERS 



kennel, into which the hounds, intended to hunt 

 the next day, are drafted. An apartment to be used 

 as an infirmary, and another in which to place such 

 bitches as may require temporary seclusion, are also 

 necessary. The meal should be kept in the driest 

 place possible ; a small coal-shed should not be for- 

 gotten, as well as space for straw. An open shed 

 for hanging flesh, standing somewhere away by itself, 

 and well fenced in, is required. 



If larger and more complete kennels are thought 

 necessary, and expense is not so much a consideration, 

 the following accommodation may be provided : 



1. Young hounds' lodging-room and court. 



2. Hunting pack lodging-room and court. 



3. Two principal lodging-rooms and courts. 



4. Covered court before feeding. 



5. Feeding-room. 



6. Straw court after feeding. 



7. Infirmary for sick hounds. 



8. Bitch house « 



9. Boiling-house. 



10. Cooler-house. ^ . 



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11. Coal-house. 



12. Store-room for meal. 



13. Straw house. 



I give here a plan of harrier kennels, suitable lor 

 twenty-five couples of hounds. 



It should be seen, of course, that the boiling-house 

 be kept scrupulously clean, as, indeed, should every 

 part of the kennels, and that the feeding-troughs be 

 well scoured, and put away in their proper places 

 when used. The feeder, who frequently, in small 

 harrier establishments, also combines the offices of 

 kennel huntsman and whip, should be kept carefully 

 up to the mark in these respects, as upon him depends 



