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KENNELS AND KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



of considerable expense. The hounds during the hunting season 

 will not require it at all, as they should be walked out several times 

 a day into a paddock or field, and should not be allowed to lie 

 about anywhere but on their benches. 



In the rear of the kennels there should be a covered passage into 

 which the doors of the middle kennel can open, and leading to 

 the feeding-house, which stands under the same roof as the boil- 

 ing-house, only separate i from it by a partition. This passage 



Fig, 43. VENTILATING SHAFT. a, &, c, d, the four divisions of shaft , 

 e \ ft board for distributing down current. 



should be so constructed as to make a foot-bath for the hounds as 

 they pass through after hunting, the bricks being gradually sloped 

 from each end to the center, where it should bo a foot deep, with 

 a plugged drain in the lowest part, to let the hot liquor or water 



