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CHAPTER XVII. 



' ' Upon some little eminence erect, 

 Fronting to the ruddy dawn ; its courts 

 On either hand, wide op'ning to receive 

 The sun's all-cheering beams." SOMERVILLE. 



Sites of kennels New building preferable to old Ancient mansions 

 The Belvoir kennels the model for all others Ground and aspect 

 Too small dimensions bad economy The Author's ideas on the 

 subject Drainage Hot air Walls and palings Seclusion 

 Supply of water Tanks Hobson's choice Other observations on 

 the kennel "Warm lodging as necessary as good feeding Whole- 

 some meat indispensable to health. 



BEFOKE purchasing a bird, it is generally thought 

 advisable to provide a cage to keep him in ; but in 

 our discourses about hounds, we have assumed it 

 as granted that a kennel had been already erected 

 for their accommodation in. the country taken by a 

 new master ; such, however, not being invariably 

 the case, and some old kennels being so badly 

 placed, or in such a dilapidated condition, as to 

 require a considerable outlay in repairs, we would 

 offer the advice of one somewhat experienced in 

 these matters, to any young aspirant for honours 

 in " the noble science," never to make the attempt 

 of patching up an old rickety building, whose loose 

 walls have become a receptacle for vermin of all 

 kinds rats, mice, and creeping things supposed to 

 enact the part of phlebotomists to animals of the 

 canine species during the dog days. Those who 



