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bafon four miles from tlie fca, and commodious for the an- 

 chorajje of vefTeN. Where the navigation terminates (lands 

 Fort Wcllern, eredcd in 175:. From this fort to Tacon- 

 net Fall is a diilance of iS miles On the eaftcrn fide of 

 the river near the fall is Fort Halifax, creeled in 17J4, 

 fituatcd on the point of land where the Snbaftacook makes 

 an addition of one-third to the ii/.e of the Kcnnebcck. 

 Thirty miles above Halifax fort Sandy river flows into the 

 Kennebeck ; and about 40 miles higher, the Kennebeck 

 takes a S.W. courfe ; and 50 miles from Halifax fort it re- 

 ceives the eallern branch. The main branch of the Kenne- 

 beck, in its courfe througli the wilderncfs, forms feveral 

 carrying pl.ices or portages. At about loo miles diflance 

 from the mouth of the eaftern brar.ch, the fourco of the 

 main or ivcllern branch extends to a great diilance along the 

 fide of the Chaudiere, which carries the waters from the 

 highlands into the St. I^awrence. The eallern branch if- 

 fues from a body of waters which lie N., about 20 miles 

 from the confluence of the two branches. Thefe waters are 

 called Muofe pond, or lake. The fides of the lake are 

 very crooked, io that it forms an irregular figure, contain- 

 ing three times as much water as Lake George. To the 

 N. and W. of the lake are high mountains, from which 

 waters run by many channels to the St. Lawrence. The 

 Kennebeck affords great quantities of lumber, and is in- 

 habited, at different feafoiis, by I'everal fpecies of valuable 

 fi(h ; particularly falmon a. id llurgeon, fliad, and alewives. 

 This river forms the neareft iea-port for the people on the 

 upper part of the river Connefticut. From the Upper Cohos, 

 Or Coos, on the latter river, to the tide water in Kennebeck, 

 is a diilance of 90 meafured miles. — Kennebeck is alfo a 

 county in the dillricl of Maine, and the full inland county 

 erected in this dillridl. It was feparated from the maritime 

 county of Lincoln, by which it is bounded on the S., by 

 H;nicock county on the E , by Cumberland on the W , and 

 by the Highlands on the N. It was incorporated in Fe- 

 bruary 1799, and derives its name from the river, which, 

 pafnng through it, divides it nearly in equal parts. It is about 

 40 miles wide and upwards of ico miles long. The foil is 

 better and more ealily cultivated than that on the fea-coall. 

 It contains 24,402 inhabitants. 



KENNEBUNK, a river of Maine, having at its mouth 

 a good harbour, whence great quantities of lumber are 

 /hipped. This river divides the townfhips of Wells and 

 Arundel. After running a fhort courfe, it difcharges itfelf 

 into the fea between Capes Porpoife and Neddick — Kenne- 

 buiik is alfo the Indian name of the place, lince called Wells, 

 in Maine, about 33 miles below Portfmouth, in New Hamp- 

 (hire ; in which is a poll-office. 



KENNEDY'S Creek, a river of Kentucky, which runs 

 into the Ohio, N. lat. 58' 30'. W. long. 83- 36'. 



KENNEL, a term ufed indifferently for a puddle, a wa- 

 ter-courfe in the llreets, a houfe for a pack ot hounds, and 

 the pack or cry of houndd themfelves. 



Among fponfmen, a fox is faid to ienne!, when he lies 

 clofe in his hole. 



On a prefumption that a kennel for hounds is to be credled, 

 its fcite is thus defcribed by Somerville : 



" Upon fome little eminence eredl. 

 And fronting to the ruddy dawn ; its courts 

 On either hand wide opening to receive 

 The fun's all cheering beams, vs'hen mild he lliincs 

 And gilds the mountain tops.'' 



Tlowever, this fclettlon of a high fituation is incompatible 

 with a running brook ; and as tliefe two advantages cannot 

 be united, water !•> to be preferred, with the afpecl to 



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the morning fun as niucli attended to as polTible. The 

 number of its inmates mull regulate the Ii/.e of the kennel, 

 and the architcfture (houlJ be neat without being ufe- 

 lefsly cxpenfive. The mod magnificent is the duke of 

 Richmond's, at Goodwood, which cod 19,000/. and is fuf- 

 ficiently extenfivc for two packs of hounds. The building 

 comjirifes live kennels ; two 36 by i j, three 30 by i j, 

 and two feeding rooms 20 by i^ feet, witli lloves for warm- 

 ing the air when too cold. The huntfman and whipper-in 

 have each a parlour, kitchen, and (leeping room. The 

 kennel (hould be near the houfe, that it may be duly in- 

 fpecled ; as cleanhnefs is nn !efs elfential than food. There 

 fllould be room for two kennels under the fame roof, for the 

 convenience of keeping both clean, and for removing the 

 hounds from one to the other, when they are walhed. IJe- 

 fides, a fecond kennel will afford opportunity for draftiiig 

 the hounds that are intended for hunting tlie next morning. 

 Hounds will foon learn to anfwer to their names, and in 

 drafting them, they may be ealily counted into the hunting 

 kennel. When the feeder firll enters the kennel in the 

 morning, he Ihould let the hounds into the outer court ; and 

 the lodging room Ihould be then thoroughly cleaned, the 

 windows and doors opened, the litter well (haken, and the 

 kennel be madefweet, before the hounds are again Ihut into 

 it. The lodging room Ihould be bricked, and floped on botfi 

 fides to the centre, and a gutter fhould be provided for carry- 

 ing off the water, I'o that the floor, when waihed,'may be foon 

 dried. It fhould be recollected, that nothing is more hurtful 

 to hounds than damp, or more refreftiing than warmth, after 

 hard work. The kennel ihould have three doors, two in 

 front and one behind ; the latter having a lattice window in 

 it with a wooden fhutter, which is to be always kept doled, 

 except in fummer, when it fhould be left open during the 

 whole of the day. The large centre window fhould have a, 

 folding fhutter, wiiich at night, according to the weather, 

 may be wholly or partially clofed, and thus the warmth of 

 the kennel may be regulated according to circumftances, and 

 as it may be judged neccfiary. The two great lodging rooms 

 are exaftly fimilar, and having a court be'onging to each, 

 are dillincl kennels, fituated at the oppolite ends of the build- 

 ing ; in the centre are the boiling houfe and feeding yard ; 

 a leffer kennel, either for hounds that are drafted off, or 

 thofe that are fick and lame, or tor any other neccffary pur- 

 pofe, is on each fide ; at the back of which, as it is but 

 half the depth of tlie two larger kennels, are places for 

 coals, &c. for the ufe of the kennel. There is alfo a fiuaU-. 

 building in the rear for hot bitches. The inner court floors-, 

 fliould be bricked or flagged, and floped towards the centre,' 

 like thofe of the lodging rooms ; and water brouglit in by 

 a leaden pipe, fhould run through the channel in tlie .middle. . 

 In the centre of each court is a well, large enougii' to dip 

 a bucket to clean the kennel ; to keep thefe from wanting 

 repair, they fliould be faced with ilone ;, to that of tho 

 feeding-yard a wooden cover fliould be fixed. . The benches, 

 which mull be open to let the urine tbroughj fliould have 

 hinges and hooks in the wall, that theymay fold uji when tho 

 kennel is waflied : they fliould be made as low as poffible, that 

 when a hound is tired, he may have no difficulty in jumping 

 up, and at no time be able to creep under. A large brick court 

 in front, having a grafs court adjoining, and a brook running 

 tt'.rough th^ middle of it, completes the ktnnel. This court 

 fhould be planted round, and alfo have lime and horfe-chcfnut 

 trees near the centre for Ihade ; fome polls bound round with 

 flraw rubbed with galbanum, m.ay be pl.iced to prevent the 

 hounds urining again ll the trees. Tlie brook may be ufed 

 as a cold bath tor hounds lamed in the llifle, and flrained, 

 A high pale Ihould inclofe the whole, which, to the height 



