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But it must not be forgotten that a sta- 

 ble requires much more air than a dwell- 

 ing house. Aside from the fact that a 

 horse requires more fresh air than a man, 

 from his original nature and constitution 

 — not being an animal that in his wild 

 condition seeks any shelter, — aside from 

 this, I say, his habits differ very much from 

 those of man. 



As I have already said, he urinates in 

 his stall, or box, and drops his dung w^here 

 he stands, and this requires an extra allow- 

 ance of air to keep down unpleasant and 

 unwholesome odors. What would be the 

 condition of the air in a bed-room if man 

 adopted the habits of the horse? And yet 

 we have seen that, ordinarily, man sup- 

 plies himself with a much larger amount 



