3'a THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



are places for coals, &c. for the use of the kennel : there 

 is also a small building in the rear, for hot bitches : the 

 plan will shew you the size of the whole. The floors 

 of the inner courts, like those of the lodging- rooms, are 

 bricked, and slo[)ed towards the centre j and a channel of 

 water, brought in by a leaden pipe, runs through the 

 middle of them. In the centre of each court, is a well, 

 I'arge enough to dip a bucket, to clean the kennels : this 

 must be faced with stone,, or it will- be often out of 

 repair : — in the feeding-yard it should have a wooden 

 cover. 



The benches, which must be open, to let the urine 

 through, should have hinges and hooks in the wall, that 

 they may fold up, for the greater conveniency in vv'ashing 

 out the kennel : they should also be made as low as possi- 

 ble, that a hound, when he is tired, may have no difficulty 

 in jumping up, and at no time may be able to creep 

 tinder*. Let me add, that the boiler should be of cast-iron. 



* Benches cannot be too low. If, owing to the smallncss of the hound, 

 it should be difficult to render them low enough, a projefting ledge will 

 answer the same purpose ; and the benches may be boarded at bottom, to 

 prevent the hound from creeping under. 



