l8 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



which may be ftill enlarged or leflened, as yen 

 think fit, or as your occafions may require. Thd 

 feeding troughs fhould be wide at the bottom, 

 and mull have wooden covers. 



.1 think two kennels abfolutely neceflary to tlie 

 well-being of the hounds; when there is but 

 one, it is fcldom fweet ; and when cleaned out, 

 the hounds, particularly in winter, fufFer both 

 whilii it is cleaning, and as long as it remains 

 wet afterwards. To be more clearly underflood 

 by you, I fhall call one of thefc the himting- 

 kenneJ, by which I mean that kennel into which, 

 the hounds, intended to hunt the next day, are 

 drafted. Ufed always to the fame kennel, they 

 will be drafted with little trouble ; they will an- 

 fwer to their names more readily, and you may 

 count your hounds into the kennel with as much 

 eafe as a Ihepherd counts his flicep out of the 

 fold. 



When the feeder firft comes to the kennel in a 

 morning, he fhould let out the hounds into the 

 outer court ; and in bad weather he fliould open 

 the door of the hunting-kennel, lefl: want of reft 

 fhould incline them to go into it. The lodging- 

 room fhould then be cleaned out, the doors and 

 windows of it opened, the litter fhaken up, and 

 the kennel made fweet and clean before the 

 hounds return to it again. The great court and 



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