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in between them with small stones ; cement the top and 

 "point " the sides. 



This foundation ought to be two feet in depth, and at 

 least one barrel of cement with as much gravel as can 

 safely be mixed with it should be used in its construction 

 if the contemplated building is of the size about to be 

 advised. And the floor timbers laid on it there will be 

 absolutely no danger of dampness from the ground. 



If intended for two small dogs or one large one the 

 kennel should be nine or ten feet in length; five feet in 

 width ; height at the front nine feet, and at the back 

 seven feet. 



The timbers should be of spruce, free from large knots, 

 sap or shakes, and of the following dimensions : — 



Sills, 4x4; posts, 4x4; studs, 4x2 — double at open- 

 ings, sixteen inches on centres ; plates, 4x2; rafters, 4x2 

 — twenty inches on centres ; floor joists, 6x 2 — eighteen 

 inches on centres, — and these should be furred up on the 

 rear and one end so that the floor when laid will have a 

 double pitch of three-quarters of an inch to the foot and 

 towards the small door for the dog. 



Cover the rafters of roof and studding which form the 

 walls with rough boarding ; over this on the walls place 

 two thicknesses of Beaver brand sheathing paper. 



Cover the papered walls with spruce clapboards, laid 

 4^ inches — but not over this distance — to the weather 

 using galvanized iron nails. 



Under all finish around the doors, windows, etc., put on 

 tarred paper over the sheathing paper. 



Cover the roof with cedar shingles, laid 4^^ inches to 

 the weather. 



On the floor joists put down ^ rough boards ; on 

 them two thicknesses of tarred paper, — turning the 

 same up four inches all around the walls — and over 

 all lay a finished floor. 



