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slip up when the pavement is thus pitched, and 

 the water is drawn off more quickly than by a 

 long slope, however steep. 



At the back of the kennel, on one side, stands 

 the boiling-house, from which a flue may be carried 

 into the wall of the dormitory, to afford greater 

 warmth to the hounds after hunting ; and this 

 same kennel may be appropriated to the use of the 

 entry after the season, unless a separate lodging 

 is prepared for them, with a greenyard attached 

 to it on the western side ; and the harem may 

 be placed in any convenient position by itself, 

 unconnected with the building and the courts, 

 which may consist partly of grass and flagging, 

 being sufficiently capacious to admit of free cir- 

 culation of air. The outside walls should be con- 

 structed of stone to the height of five feet only, 

 and palings placed upon them overhanging the 

 wall, so that a hound cannot stand upon it. This 

 precaution is necessary to prevent the hounds 

 coming in contact with strange dogs, or being 

 excited by passing objects. For this reason the 

 spot selected for the site of a kennel cannot be too 

 secluded away from town and villages, and not 

 near any highways. 



We have already recommended good old Irish 

 or Scotch oatmeal as the best, and we may add 

 the cheapest, food for foxhounds, or any other dogs, 

 boiled for an hour, until it becomes as thick as a 

 suet-pudding ; and to prevent its turning sour, a 

 cooler of slate, or of well-seasoned elm board, 

 should be prepared for its reception, when taken 



