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females of the latter being kept separate. The feeding-house is 

 separated from the lodging-houses by a house for showing 

 hounds ; and it has a trough, in which the food (a mixture of 

 coarse porridge and minced horseflesh made into soup) is given 

 to the hounds. The feeding-house, which is under the same 

 roof as the show-house, has a small yard. The boiling-house 

 is at a short distance, and contains a cistern of water, a large 

 boiler, and places for mincing the horseflesh and making the 

 porridge. On the whole, we could not help noticing the coin- 

 cidence, in many points, between this plan for a dog-kennel and 

 that given in our Fncyc. of Cottage, Farm, and Villa, Architec- 

 ture, §1945. The situations of both are on an eminence; in 

 both the boundary fence is an open railing, through which the 

 dogs, agreeably to Somerville's directions, can look over an 

 extensive prospect ; in both are contrivances for frequently 

 washing the courtyards with water; and in both is a show- 

 house. Our design (fg. 78.) we certainly consider handsomer 



than that at Tidvvorth, though not of more than equal merit in 

 respect to plan. 



The stables form a quadrangle; the exterior of which is in 

 sublimely bad taste, it being in horizontal panels, in imitation of 

 a chest of drawers on a large scale. The interior is spacious and 

 well ventilated, but it contains nothing particular in regard to plan. 



On the whole, we were much pleased with this place ; though, 

 like Tottenham Park, it is deficient in several points of high 

 keeping: for example, there were deep edgings to the walks, 

 and dug beds, and much too narrow turf verges to the walks, in 

 the shrubbery. 



( To be continued^) 



Art. II. Notices of the Slate of Gardening in Part of France, as 

 observed in a recent Excursion in that Country. By Mr. George 

 Charlwood, Seedsman, Covent Garden. 



If the following observations, arising; out of a recent excursion 

 to France, are available to the general purposes of your Maga- 



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