Complete kennel construction.

The Basset-hound is usually very good tempered and not inclined to be quarrelsome with his kennel mates; but he is wilful, and loves to roam apart in search of game, and is not very amenable to discipline when alone.

Never keep the puppies cooped up in a small kennel run or house.

"If you ever go up those kennel-stairs again, friend," said he to himself, "my name's not Tom Thurnall.

If frolic now, and playful they desert Their gloomy cell, and on the verdant turf With nerves improved, pursue the mimic chase, Coursing around; unto thy choicest friends Commit thy valued prize: the rustic dames Shall at thy kennel wait, and in their laps Receive thy growing hopes, with many a kiss Caress, and dignify their little charge With some great title, and resounding name 110 Of high import.

Whatever they may be in their native landand the first imported specimens were perhaps rather uncertain in temperthe Borzoi, as we know him in this country, is affectionate, devoted to his owner, friendly with his kennel companions and makes a capital house dog.

" The juice of fumitory is said to clear the sight, and the kennel-wort was once a popular specific for the king's-evil.

[The BLACKBIRD nimbly gets out of the way, PATOU goes into his kennel grumbling.]