24 APPENDAGES TO THE KENXEL. 



urinary salts are prejudicial. If they are at 

 first backward in coming to them, bind some 

 straw round the bottom, and rub it with galba- 

 num. The brook in the grass-court may serve 

 as a stew : your fish will be very safe.* 



At the back of the kennel is a house, thatched 

 and furzed up on the sides, big enough to con- 

 tain at least a load of straw. Here should be a 

 pit ready to receive the dung, and a gallows for 

 the flesh. The fallows should have a thatched 

 roof, and a "circular board at the posts of it, to 

 prevent vermin from climbing up. 



A stove, I believe, is made use of in some 

 kennels ; but where the feeder is a good one, a 

 mop, properly used, will render it unnecessary. 

 I have a little hay-rick in the grass-yard, which 

 I think is of use to keep the hounds clean and 

 fine in their coats ; you will find them frequently 

 rubbing themselves against it : the shade of it 

 also is useful to them in summer. If ticks at 

 any time should be troublesome in your kennel, 

 let the walls of it be well washed ; if that does 

 not destroy them, the walls should then be white- 

 washed. 



* It may also be used as a cold bath for such hounds as 

 stand in need of it : for lameness in the stifle, and for 

 strains, it will be found of service. 



