26 PLAiSI FOR A KENNEL. 



front pale is close, and only the side ones open ; 

 it is a great faidt : avoid it if you can, and your 

 hounds will be the quieter. 



Upon looking over my letter, I find, I begin 

 recommending, with Mr. Somervile, a high situ- 

 ation for the kennel, and afterwards talk of a 

 brook running through the middle of it: I am 

 afraid you will not be able to unite these two 

 advantages ; in which case, there is no doubt 

 but water should be preferred. The mount I 

 have mentioned will answer all the purposes of 

 an eminence : besides, there should be moveable 

 stages on wheels, for the hounds to lie upon ; at 

 any rate, however, let your soil be a dry one. 



You will think, perhaps, my lodging-rooms 

 higher than is necessarv. I know thev are con- 

 siderably higher than is usual ; the intention of 

 which is, to give more air to the hounds ; and I 

 have not the least doubt but they are better for 

 it. I will no longer persecute you with this 

 unentertaining subject, but send you the plan of 

 my own kennel, and take my leave of you. 



P. S. I send only the ground-plan and eleva- 

 tion, as the size of the outer-court, and grass- 

 court, are perfectly immaterial ; the one should 

 not be small, and the other should be as large 

 as you can conveniently make it. 



