^6 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



fault in the floor, it should be carefully mopped up ; for 

 as warmth is in the greatest degree necessary to hounds 

 after work, so damps are equally prejudicial. You will 

 think me, perhaps, too particular in these diredions ; 

 yet there can be no harm in your knowing what your ser- 

 vants ought to do ; as it is not impossible but it may be 

 sometimes necessary for you to see that it is done. In 

 your military profession, you are perfectly acquainted with 

 the duty of a common soldier; and though you have no 

 farther business with the minutize of it, without doubt 

 you still find the knowledge of them useful to you. 

 Believe me, they may be useful here ; and you will pardon 

 me, I hope, if I wish to see you a Martinet in the kennel, 

 as well as in the field. Orders given without skill are sel- 

 dom well obeyed ; and where the master is either ignorant 

 or inattentive, the servant will be idle. 



I ALSO wish, that, contrary to the usual pradice in 

 building kennels, you would have three doors ; two in 

 the^ front, and one in the back ; the last to have a lattice- 

 window in it, with a wooden shutter, which is constantly 

 to be kept closed when the hounds are in, except in sum- 



