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“ I think two kennels absolutely necessary to the well-being of thehounds: when there is but one, it is seldom sweet; and when cleanedout, the hounds, particularly in winter, suffer whilst it is cleaning out,and as long as it remains wet afterwards.

“ The floor of each lodging-room should be bricked and sloped tothe centre, with a gutter left to carry off the water, that when theyare washed they may soon dry.

“ The two great lodging-rooms should be exactly alike, and eachhave a court belonging to it; distinct kennels situated at the oppositeends of the building, in the centre of which (i. e. the building) should bethe boiling-house and feeding-yard.

“ The floors of the inner courts, like those of the lodging-rooms,should be bricked and sloped towards the centre ; and a channel ofwater brought in by a leaden pipe running through the middle of them.

“ The benches must be open (formed of broad laths with narrow in-terstices), and should have hinges, and hooks in the walls, that they mayfold up, for the greater convenience in washing the kennel; they shouldalso be s made as low as possible, that a hound when he is tired mayhave no difficulty in jumping up, and at no time may be able to creepunder. Benches cannot be too low: if, owing to the smallness of thehound, it should be difficult to render them low enough, a projectingledge will answer the same purpose; and the benches may be boardedat the bottom to prevent the hound from creeping under.”

Mr. Beckford recommends a large grass-court in front, with a mountand open paling, that the hounds may have a view of the surroundingscene, in which he says they greatly delight, and that it tends to keepthem quiet. The accompanying Design differs in some of the arrange-ments from Mr. Beckford’s, but it was made under the direction of aneminent northern sportsman. Instead of an open fence and raised ground