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Interior of the Kennel. 



gutter left to carry off the water, that when they are 

 washed, they may be soon dry. If water should stand 

 through any fault in the floor, it should be carefully 

 mopped up ; for as warmth is in the greatest degree 

 necessary to hounds after work, so damps are equally 

 prejudicial. 



" I also wish that, contrary to the usual practice in 

 building kennels, you would have three doors ; two in 

 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 closed when the hounds are in, except in 

 summer, when it should be left open all the 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 a means to let in a thorough air, which will greatly 

 contribute to the keeping of it sweet and wholesome. 

 The other doors will be of use in drying the room, when 

 the hounds are out, and as one is to be kept shut, and 

 the other 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 shut at nights, accord- 

 ing to the weather ; and your kennels by that means, 

 may be kept warm, or cool, just as you please to have 

 them. The two great lodging-rooms are exactly alike, 

 and as each has a court belonging to it, are distinct ken- 

 nels, and are at the opposite ends of the building ; in the 

 centre of which, is the boiling-house, and feeding-yard ; 

 and on each side a lesser kennel, either for hounds that 

 are drafted off; hounds that are sick or lame ; or for any 



