THE KENNEL 669 



be carefully mopped up, for as warmth Is in the 

 greatest degree necessary after work, so damps are 

 equally prejudicial. Orders given without skill are 

 seldom well obeyed ; and when the master is either 

 ignorant or inattentive, the servants will be idle. 



'' Contrary to the usual practice in building kennels, 

 there should be three doors, two in the front and one 

 in the back ; the last to have a lattice window in it 

 with a wooden shutter, which is constantly to be kept 

 close when the hounds are in, except in summer, when 

 it should be left open all day. This door answers 

 two very necessary purposes : it gives an opportunity 

 of carrying out the straw when the lodging-room is 

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

 the means to let in a through air, which will greatly 

 contribute to the keeping it sweet and wholesome. 

 The other doors will be of use in drying the rooms, 

 when the hounds are out ; and as one is to be kept 

 shut and the others hooked back (allowing just room 

 for a dog to pass), they are not liable to any objection. 

 The great window, in the centre, should have a folding 

 shutter ; half or the whole of which may be closed 

 at nights, according to the weather ; and the kennels 

 by that means may be kept warm or cool." 



The two great lodging-rooms are exactly similar, 

 and having a court belonging to each, are distinct 

 kennels, situate at opposite ends of the building. In 

 the centre is the boiling-house and feeding-yard ; a 

 lesser kennel, either for hounds that are drafted off, 

 and those that are sick and lame, or for any other 

 required purpose, is on each side ; at the back of 

 which, as they are but half the depth of the two 

 larger kennels, are places for coals, etc., for the use of 

 the kennel. There is also a small building in the 

 rear for the accommodation of bitches in heat. The 



