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The rest of the kennel consists of a large court in front, 

 which is also bricked, having a grass-court adjoining, and a 

 little brook running through the middle of it. The earth 

 that was taken out of it, is thrown up into a mount, where 

 the hounds, in summer, delight to sit. This court is planted 

 round with trees, and has, besides, a lime-tree, and some 

 horse-chesnut trees, near the middle of it, for the sakeof shade, 

 A high pale incloses the whole ; part of which, to the height 

 of about four feet, is close ; the other open ; the interstices 

 are about two inches wide. The grass-court is pitched near ■ 

 the pale, to prevent the hounds from scratching out. Grass 

 is the dog's best emetic ; and in this he is his own physician. 

 If jfou cannot guess the intention of the posts which you see in 

 the courts, there is scarcely an inn window on any road, 

 where the following line wiil not let you into the secret : 



" So dogs will p — where dogs have p — 'd before," 



This is done to save the trees, to which the urinary salts 

 are prejudicial. If they be at first backward in coming to 

 them, bind some straw round the bottom, and rub it with 

 galbanum. — The brook in the grass-court may serve as a 

 stew : your fish wiil be very safe*, 



* It may also be used as a cold bath, for such hounds as stand in need 

 of it : for lameness in the stifle, and for strains, it will be found of service. 



