THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 2^ 



At the back of the kennel is a boufe, thatched 

 and furzed up on the fides, bi^ enough to con- 

 tahi at leafl a load of ilraw. Here fliould be a 

 pit ready to receive the dung, and a gallows for 

 the fleih. The gallows fhould have a thatched 

 roof, and a circular board at the pofts of it, to 

 prevent vermin from climbing up. If you can 

 indole a piece of ground adjoining to your ken- 

 nel, for fuch dog horfes as may be brought to 

 you alive, it will be of great ufe, as it might be 

 dan.o-erous to turn them out where other horfes 

 go ; for you may not always be able to difcover 

 their diforders. Hither you may aUb bring your 

 hounds, after they have been fed, to empty 

 themfelves ; here you will have more opportunities 

 of feeing them than in the kennel, and will be 

 enabled, therefore, to make your draft for the 

 next day with greater accuracy. 



A flove, I believe, is made ufe of in fome ken- 

 nels ; but where the feeder is a good one, a mop, 

 properly ufed, will render it unnecefTary. I have 

 a little hay-rick in the grafs-yard, which^ I think, 

 is of ufe to keep the hounds clean and fine in 

 their coats ; you will tind them frequently 

 rubbing themfelves againft it : the fliade of it 

 alfo is ufefiil to them in fummer. If ticks at 

 any time be troublefome in your kennel, let 

 the walls of it be well walhed; if that fhould 

 C 4 not 



