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bottom, high enough and wide enough for a hound to 

 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 of pine or oak spars, and if they 

 are made to turn up according to the following plan several 

 advantages result, being described by a correspondent signing 

 himself " Lepus," in the columns of " The Field," as follows : — <■ 



< "kennel benches. 

 ' My benches are made of inch deal, cut into widths of three 



Plan of Kennel Bench for Hounds. A A folds to B B ; o c folds to D D ; E, hook to 

 fasten bench back. 



inches, and nailed half an inch apart to two transverse pieces, to 

 which hinges are fixed to connect the bench with a board six 



