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places may be more numerous, but it is cooler. 

 If at a cold station, and one side of the stable 

 closed up, let it be the north-east side, and 

 open to the south-west. Should you be anxious 

 to ascertain whether it is the proper tempera- 

 ture, and clean or foul, sleep in it yourself for 

 a couple of nights ; and if you find it close and 

 uncomfortable, so will your horse. 



A small jhool, merely covering the back, and 

 not even meeting under the belly, is but half a 

 jhool. Jhools, whether to keep the horse warm, 

 or to keep the rain, the sun, or the flies off, 

 should all be made on the same principle. A 

 four-inch broad band should tie or buckle across 

 the chest, to prevent it slipping backward; the 

 hinder part should cover the thighs nearly down 

 to the hocks, a large hole being cut for the tail ; 

 this in the cold weather prevents the wind from 

 rattling along the belly ; but, when the jhool 

 is made of thick numbda, it is better to have 

 the hinder part of lighter stuff. In the hot 

 weather, when made of dungaree, this form alone 

 keeps the flies off the inside of the thighs and 

 testicles, and it never interferes with the motion 

 of the legs. Whether made of heavy or light 

 material, it should double well under the belly, 

 and have two ties of inch and a half broad tape, 

 one piece a little behind the withers, and one in 



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