18 PLAN OF A KENNEL. 



Such as Somervile directs may be the situation ; 

 its size must be suited to the number of its in- 

 habitants ; the architecture of it may be con- 

 formable to your own taste. Useless expense I 

 should not recommend ; yet as I suppose you 

 will often make it a visit, at least in the hunting 

 season, I could wish it might have a neatness 

 without, as well as cleanliness within, the more 

 to tempt you to it. I should for the same rea- 

 son wish it to be as near your house as you will 

 give it leave. I know there are many objections 

 to its being near : I foresee still more to its be- 

 ing at a distance. There is a vulgar saying, 

 that it is the master"'s eye that makes the horse 

 fat : I can assure you it is even more necessary 

 in the kennel, where cleanliness is not less essen- 

 tial than food. 



There are, I make no doubt, many better 

 kennels than mine ; some of which, I think, you 

 should see before you begin to build : you can 

 but make use of my plan in case you should like 

 no other better. If, in the mean time, I am to 

 give you my opinion what a kennel ought to be, 

 I must send you a description of my own, for I 

 have not seen many others. 



I would advise you to make it large enough 

 at first, as any addition to it afterwards must 

 spoil the appearance of it. I have been obliged 



