THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 2 1 



of which, as they are but half the depth of the 

 two great kennels, are places for coals, &c. for 

 the ufe of the kennel. There is alfo a fmall 

 building in the rear for hot bitches. The floors 

 of the inner courts, like thofe of the lodging- 

 rooms, are bricked and floped towards the cen- 

 tre : and a channel of water, brought in by a 

 leaden pipe, runs through the middle of thein. 

 In the centre of each court is a well, large enough 

 to dip a bucket to clean the kennels ; this muft 

 be faced with ftone, or it will be often out of re- 

 pair. In the feeding -yard it fhould have a woodeu 

 cover. 



The benches, which muft be open to let the 

 urine through, fhould have hinges and hooks in 

 the wall, that they may fold up, for the greater, 

 convenience in wafhing out the kennel ; they 

 fhould alfo be made as low as poffible, that a 

 hound, when he is tired, may have no difficulty in 

 jumping up ; and at no time may be able to creep 

 under :* let me add, that the boiler fliould be of. 

 caft iron. 



* Benches cannot be too low : — If, owing to the fmalhiefs 

 of the hound, it fhould be difficult to render them low enough, 

 a projeAing ledge will anfwer the fame purpofe, and the 

 benches may be boarded at bottom to prevent the hound from 

 creeping under. 



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