THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 3^ 



nier, when it should be left open all the day. This door 

 answers two very necessary purposes : it gives an oppor* 

 tunity of carrying out the straw when the lodging-room 

 is cleaned, and, as it is opposite to the window, will be 

 a means to let in a thorough air, which will greatly con- 

 tribute to keep it sweet and wholesome. The other doors 

 will be of use in drying the room when the hounds 

 are out ; and as one is to be kept shut, and the other 

 hooked back (allowing just room for a dog to pass), 

 they are not liable to any objedion. The great window 

 in the centre should have a folding shutter ; half, or the 

 whole, of which, may be shut at nights, according to the 

 weather : and your kennels, by that means, may be kept 

 warm or cool, just as you please to have them. The 

 two great lodging-rooms are exactly alike, and, as each 

 has a court belonging to it, are distindt kennels, situated 

 at the opposite ends of the building; in the centre of 

 which is the borling-house and feeding-yard ; and on 

 each side a lesser kennel, either for hounds that are drafted 

 off, hounds that are sick, or lame ; or for any other pur- 

 poses, as occasion may require : at the back of which, 

 as they are but half the depth of the two great kennels> 



