LAMENESS IN THE ALBRIGHTON HOUNDS. 49 



reverse of this is the fact ; and every one knows that 

 in many places the superior layer is sand, and that 

 sand allows water to percolate as if it were a sieve." 

 At any rate, whether Aristotle is right or not, this 

 appears to support my argument, that the water, which 

 causes this moisture, is filtered either one way or other, 

 and from this we may fairly conclude that the vapour 

 which I before spoke of finds its exit by the same pas- 

 sage. About ten years since the Albrighton hounds 

 (then under the management of Mr. ¥/alter Gifford), 

 had been removed to a new kennel which was built for 

 them ; as soon as it had been used a short time, the 

 hounds became lame in their shoulders, it being- 

 suspected to be kennel lameness ; among others, one 

 remedy was tried, which was to dig out the lodging 

 rooms for several feet and fill them up with cinders ; it 

 need hardly be said that it was of no avail ; if good 

 stiff clay had been rammed down, the result might have 

 been different ; the situation was upon a sandstone rock. 

 The hounds continued to show lameness for several 

 years, when Sir Thomas Boughey, Bart, purchased 

 the pack, and a removal to a fresh and healthier kennel, 

 put a stop to the increase of the disease, although 

 many which had been long lame never recovered. 

 Some years since Mr. Foljambe built a new kennel for 

 his hounds upon a dry sandy situation at Beilby ;* they 

 became lame, many remedies were tried, even the 

 changing the aspect of the courts, but without any 

 beneficial consequences. In a conversation I had with 

 Mr. Foljambe upon the subject in the autumn of 1840, 

 he told me that he was thoroughly convinced that the 



* The kennels were formed from the rooms of the old Mansion Louse, 



