STABLES OF MR. GIBBON'S. 



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is strong and massive, and finished in the most thorough and 

 complete manner. 



FIG. 8. 



D, Fig. 8, Perspective View of the elevation of the stables 

 on the north or upper side. They are two stories high on 

 the front, D, and three stories on the lower or south side, op- 

 posite D. The building is 90 feet long, 50 wide, and 24 

 high on this front. The architecture is neat and appropriate. 

 There is a good Macadam carriage-way in front of the side 

 D ; a and b are large windows, alongside of which the hay- 

 carts drive to unload. 

 FIG. 9. 



FIG. 10. 



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A, Fig, 9, Basement Story, laid up of thick stone walls, 

 a, Solid earth. b, h, Cisterns 12 feet square, and 7 feet deep. 



c, g, Passage-ways from which the cattle are fed under the 

 water-troughs, e, e. 



d, d, Racks for receiving hay from above. 



