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done in first-rate style, including the most perfect 

 arrangements for the health and comfort of the 

 beautiful pack of hounds dwelling within its walls. 

 Sed non cuivis homini contingit adiri Corin- 

 thum. Men of moderate means must be content 

 to view the castle as well as the kennels of Bel- 

 voir at a distance, although hints may be taken 

 from their structure and reduced to a minimum 

 scale. The other kennels we have visited were 

 deficient in general arrangements, and the lodging- 

 houses too low and small in many to be healthy. 

 We have seen some in such low situations as to 

 admit of water being conveyed through the courts, 

 and where the current has been rapid, the 

 hounds were not affected with kennel lameness. 

 Stagnant pools near them, however, are most ob- 

 jectionable, and the drainage should be complete, 

 to carry off quickly all the washings from the 

 yards. As a general rule, the advice of Somer- 

 ville should be followed in building new kennels. 



If such situations are not to be found, the 

 ground at least ought to be sound, or rendered so 

 by artificial means of a thick layer of broken 

 stones or coal-ashes, and the aspect south, with no 

 large trees in front to interrupt a free currency of 

 air throughout the whole buildings. Beckford's 

 recommendation to build on a sufficiently exten- 

 sive scale at first, is the best than can be offered, 

 since after-additions too often mar the appearance 

 of the whole edifice; and it is very bad economy to 

 curtail the size of courts and lodging-rooms to 

 save a few perches of walling or brick-work. 



