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Explanations. 



1. Young hounds' lodging room, 16 feet by 20 feet ; paved court, 

 18 feet by 20 feet ; also a door opening into an inclosed grass yard. 



2. Hunting pack lodging room, 16 feet by 20 feet ; paved court, 18 feet 

 by 26 feet. 



3. Principal lodging room, 16 feet by 20 feet ; paved court, 30 feet by 

 34 feet. 



4. Principal lodging room, 16 feet by 20 feet ; paved court, 30 feet by 

 34 feet. 



5. Covered court before feeding, 14 feet by 20 feet ; at one end a 

 cistern to supply the kennel with water ; at the other, a flight of stairs to 

 the feeder's sleeping room above. 



6. Feeding room, 16 feet by 19 feet. 



7. Straw court after feeding, 22 feet by 24 feet. 



8. Hospital for sick hounds, to be near so as to be fed often ; three 

 lodging rooms— two, 6 feet by 6 feet ; the other, 12 feet by 12 feet — and 

 court, 20 feet by 12 feet. 



9. Boiling house, 15 feet by 20 feet. 



10. Cooler, 3 feet wide. 



11. Coals, 6 feet by 10 feet. 



12. Store room for meal, 15 feet by 27 feet. 



13. Straw house, 15 feet by 21 feet. 



14. Bitch house, 6 feet by 15 feet ; court, 9 feet by 15 feet. 



To this plan Mr. Smith adds the following remarks, which 

 are well worth reprinting : 



All the doors, except those on the outside of the kennel, are in 

 two parts, which open separately, which gives the opportunity of 

 first looking at the hounds, and of seeing that no hound is injured 

 on the feet by the door when opened against it. And the feeder 

 can see better which hounds require to be fed first, on opening the 

 top door. 



The granary for oatmeal is placed for convenience, and to be 

 dry, being at the back of the chimney to the boiling house. 



The straw court, after feeding, is so placed, in order that the 

 feeder may turn out every hound separately, if desirable, until the 

 whole have been fed (this door should be in two, to enable him to 

 look them over, and see if any want to be fed again), where they 

 remain till he has time to walk them into the adjoining field. This 

 is a most desirable acquisition to every kennel, as it keeps the field 

 cleaner : and the droppings from the hounds make the straw 



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