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quently rubbing ther.selves against it : the shade of it also 

 is useful to them in summer. If ticks at any time be trou- 

 blesome in your kennel, let the walls of it be well washed : 

 if that should not destroy them, the walls must then be 

 white-washed. 



In the summer, when you do not hunt, one kennel will 

 be sufficient : the other may then be set apart for the 

 young hounds, who should also have the grass -court ad- 

 joining to it. It is best, at that time of the year, to keep 

 them separate; and it prevents many accidents which 

 otherwise might happen ; nor should they be put toge- 

 ther till the hunting season begins*. If your hounds be 

 very quarrelsome, the feeder may sleep in a cot in the 

 kennel adjoining; and, if they be well chastised at the 

 first quarrel, his voice will be sufficient to settle all their 

 differences afterwards -f. Close to the door of the kennel. 



* The dogs and the bitches may also be kept separate from each other 

 during the summer months, where there are convenlencies for it. 



•f In a kennel in Oxfordshire, the feeder pulls a bell, which the hounds 

 understand the meaning of: it silences them immediately, and saves him 

 the trouble of getting out of his bed. 



