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containing an inner kennel (A), furnished with beds (b b), an inner open yard (B) with a water- 

 trough (a), two of which have open benches (cc} under verandahs (vv), and larger or outer yards 

 (CC) for exercise. The boiler or cooking-house (D), which is furnished with two coppers or boilers, 

 is so situated as to communicate directly with all four kennels ; and here the dogs when brought 

 home at night can be washed and attended to, and then put in their respective kennels without 

 being taken into the open air. A sleeping-room for the attendant is also in the centre of all, 

 at K. The yard-walls are built with masonry to a certain height, above that are iron railings, 

 not spiked at the top, but with curled ends, as shown in the perspective view. This view 

 necessarily shows the kennel buildings with the intervening portions of the yard-walls removed, 

 the front of the picture representing the dotted line shown in the plan in front of the 

 verandahs (v V). 



It has just been remarked that the railings of the Glen-Tana kennels are curved at the 

 top, and this may suggest remark on a rather important matter. Many a good dog has been 

 spiked in trying to leap pointed railings, which are very dangerous unless carried to a greater 



FIG. 7. 



FIG. 8. 



height than is usual or necessary. The railings should, therefore, be either carried up (if spiked) 

 to a good height, or curved at the top in some way. In Figs. 7 and 8 is illustrated an 

 admirable pattern of railing which is in use at the Paris Jardin d'Acclimatation, and in some other 

 places on the Continent, and the only objection to which is its expense. The figures given will 

 explain the construction, and show how the whole railing is curved in at the top towards the 

 yards, while stronger railings at proper intervals support short lengths of a revolving cylinder. 

 If a dog reaches the cylinder it yields to his weight at once, and he falls back into the yard. We 

 have never seen this kind of railing used in England, but the idea seems to us worth importa- 

 tion. If properly made, as the bulk of the railing might be made light, the expense need not be 

 greater than that of the ordinary spike railing, if so much. 



Probably the most complete and extensive range of kenneling in existence is the Home for 

 Lost Dogs at York Road, Battersea, London. Scarcely any of our readers, if indeed any, can 

 require such a range of buildings as this ; but wherever accommodation has to be provided for 

 any large number of dogs, and money is not more than usually plentiful, a careful study of 

 the view and plan on page 15 will amply repay the trouble it entails. The large central 

 building contains sixteen stalls or kennels under cover inside, and there is an outside yard shared 

 between every two or three kennels. Good, wide, and not too high benches run along both the 



