OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 21 



in an earth for twenty days, and I dare venture 

 to vouch for the truth of it. The Hatfield hounds 

 had run a Fox to ground, and the terrier followed 

 it in. They dug many hovus without coming up 

 to the fox or the dog ; and at last were obliged 

 to give it up as a hopeless job. The terrier was 

 the property of old Joe, the then whipper-in, 

 and a great favourite. He therefore had the earth 

 watched, and on the twentieth day the dog crawled 

 out a mere skeleton, but with proper attention 

 was recovered. 



A healthy kennel must be one of your first 

 considerations ; there is nothing so much against 

 hounds as a damp one ; — we all know the danger 

 to ourselves of a damp house ; and a kennel in 

 this state causes a variety of diseases — lameness, 

 ophthalmia, liver-complaints, &c., and frequently 

 occasions hounds to become chest-foundered ; be- 

 sides a damp kennel never can be sweet. The 

 Duke of Richmond's kennel at Goodwood is sup- 

 posed to be the most complete in England. The 

 neighbouring Gentlemen informed me, that it cost 

 ten thousand pounds in building. The lodging- 

 rooms of this, I may almost say, gigantic build- 

 ing, are fitted up with stoves ; I never thought 

 them of much use, but no doubt they keejD the 

 kennel dry ; the Huntsman assured me that after 

 a very hard day and much fatigue, he had found 



