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hound may have no difficulty in jumping up:* 

 let me add, also, that the boiler should be of 

 cast-iron. 



The rest of the kennel consists of a large 

 court in front, which is also bricked, having a 

 grass-court adjoining, and a little brook running 

 through the middle of it. The earth that was 

 taken out of it, is thrown up into a mount, 

 where the hounds in summer delight to sit. 

 This court is planted round with trees, and has 

 besides a lime tree and some horse-chestnut trees 

 near the middle of it, for the sake of shade. 

 A high pale incloses the whole ; part of which, 

 to the height of about four feet, is close ; the 

 other open : the interstices are about two inches 

 wide. The grass-court is pitched near the pale, 

 to prevent the hounds from scratching out. If 

 you cannot guess the intention of the posts you 

 see in the courts, there is scarcely an inn-win- 

 dow on any road where the following line will 

 not let you into the secret, — 



" So dogs will p — where dogs have p— 'd before." 

 This is done to save the trees, to which the 



* Benches cannot be too low. If, owing to the smallness 

 of the hound, it should be difficult to render them low 

 enough, a projecting ledge will answer the same purpose ; 

 and the benches may be boarded at bottom, to prevent the 

 hound from creeping under. 



