40 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



At the back of the kennel is a house, thatched and 

 furzed up on the sides, big enough to contain at least ?, 

 load of straw. Here should be a pit ready to receive the 

 dung, and a gallows for the flesh. The gallows should 

 have a thatched roof, and a circular board at the posts ot 

 it, to prevent vermin from climbing up. If you can in- 

 close a piece of ground adjoining to your kennel, for such 

 dog-horses as may be brought to you alive, it will be of 

 great use j as it might be dangerous to turn them out 

 where other horses go ; for you may not always be able 

 to discover their disorders, Hither you may also bring 

 your hounds, after they have been fed, to empty them- 

 selves; here you will have more opportunities of seeing 

 them than in the kennel ; and will be enabled, therefore, 

 to make your draft for the next day with greater accu- 

 racy. 



A STOVE, I believe, is m.ade use of in some kennels; 

 but, where the feeder is a good one, a mop, properly used, 

 will render it unnecessary. — I have a little hay-rick in 

 the grass-yard, which I think is of use, to keep the hounds^ 

 clean, and fine, in their coats : you will find them fre- 



