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protected from the weather, and should have the yard covered in 

 as well as the lodging-house. The plan which has been indicated 

 at page 287, as useful for the kennel intended to rear puppies, is 

 also best adapted for their future keeping, and this it will be desir- 

 able to describe more fully here. 



The central square, comprised between the four angles abed, 

 is divided into four lodging-houses, having a ventilating shaft in 

 the middle, with which they all communicate. These are filled up 

 with benches separated by low partitions as shown in the diagram, 



Ground Plan of Greyhound Kennel. 



and raised about a foot from the ground. Each opens into a yard, 

 with a door of communication so arranged as to be left partly open 

 without allowing the slightest draught to blow upon the beds. 

 These yards, ab, be, cd, da, are all roofed in, and bounded on the 

 outer side by open pales guarded by coarse wire net, to prevent the 

 teeth of the inmates gnawing them. They are separated by narrow 

 partitions, which slide up to allow of the dogs having the whole 

 run ; or they may be; left down, and the upper part open, so as to 



