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dog's reception. If any extra effect be required, the barrels can be painted the colour which 

 their owner most admires, and it may be added that they can easily be kept in their place 

 by bricks or wedges of wood. The arrangement of the whole range of stalls will be readily 

 seen from Fig. 5, where a a represent the low benches, placed at the back a few inches from 

 the \\ all and partition ; and b b are the barrels for sleeping in, placed with the face towards 

 the back wall, and about two feet from it. A barrel thus placed with the face towards the 

 wall makes a very good substitute for the more costly kennel shown in Fig. 2, as the wall 

 in front of the entrance will keep the rain or wind from driving in. 



This sort of kennel can also be so constructed that in winter or inclement weather wooden 



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fronts, each containing a glazed window, can be fitted in front of the outside rails. These, if the 

 yards are covered over all the way, make first-rate enclosed sheds for puppies or delicate dogs. 

 A communication can easily be made with the next kennel, if empty, and the dogs can thus get 

 a run in the open air, the wooden front not being of course attached to it. By this arrangement 

 an owner can have all or part of his kennel open to the air as he pleases. 



Where space and means permit, it is of course possible to erect more complete and 

 specially-adapted accommodation. By the permission of the owner, and the kind assistance of 

 Mr. George Truefitt, of Bloomsbury Square, the architect under whose superintendence were 

 erected not only the kennels but all the other buildings at the shooting-lodge, we are enabled 

 to give a view and ground-plan of the kennels erected for Mr. W. Cunliffe Brooks, M.P., in 

 the forest of Glen-Tana, Aberdeenshire. It is built for stag-hounds, setters, and pointers, and 

 is one of the most complete and compact examples we have met with of a gentleman's kennel 

 for a good team of sporting dogs. 



