FOXHOUND AND HARRIER KENNELS, ETC. 275 
filled up with broken stones to within six inches of the surface. 
This drain is to be carried quite round the building, and should fall 
into the main sewer. For a roof to the building I prefer thatch to 
tiles, as affording more warmth in winter and coolness in summer ; 
but as slate or tiles are more agreeable to the eye, a thin layer of 
reed placed under the tiles will answer the purpose. 
Over the centre of the lodging-rooms should be a sleeping 
apartment for the feeder, which being raised above the level of the 
other roof will break the monotony of its appearance. At the rear 
of the kennel should be the boiling-house, feeding-court, straw- 
house, and separate lodgings for bitches. In front of the kennels, 
and extending round to the back-door of the feeding-house, should 
be a good large green yard, enclosed by a wall or palings. The 
former I prefer, although more expensive, because hounds, being 
able to see through the latter, will be excited by passing objects ; 
and young hounds, for whose service the green yard is more particu- 
larly intended, are inclined to become noisy, barking and running 
round the palings when any strange dog makes his appearance. 
In the boiling-house will be required two cast-iron boilers, one 
for the meal, the other for flesh. Pure water must be in some way 
conducted to the kennels, both for cleanliness and for the prepara- 
tion of food, and this should be laid on at the service of the kennel- 
man at all parts, so that there may be no excuse on the score of 
trouble in carrying it. There must also be coolers fixed in propor- 
tion to the number of hounds, each couple requiring from half a 
foot to a foot superficial, according as it is intended to make the 
puddings daily or every other day. Stone or iron feeding and 
water troughs are the best; the latter should be fixed high enough 
to keep them clean. 
To each lodging-room there should be two doors—one at the 
back with a small sliding panel and high up, through which the 
huntsman may observe the hounds without their seeing him; and 
another in the front with a large opening cut at the bottom, high 
enough and wide enough for a hound to pass through easily, and 
which should always be left open at night to allow free egress to 
the court. In addition, there must also be another between each 
of the rooms, so as to throw two into one in the summer for the 
purpose of making them more airy. The benches should be made 
