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stable should be paved with large slabs, a very 

 little higher at each side than in the middle ; 

 and as nearly as possible to the spot where the 

 horse stales there should be placed a square 

 stone, made rather hollow in the middle, with 

 four or five small holes leading to a sewer be- 

 neath, which would more effectually carry off 

 the urine than any other sort of drain. There 

 is another great advantage that would result 

 from a contrivance of this kind, which is, that 

 the hind legs of horses would never be im- 

 mersed in their own urine, which soaks through 

 the litter, and mixes with the dungj and by 

 remaining upon their heels all night, causes 

 most of the disorders to which the heels of 

 horses are subject. Stalls of this kind are not 

 more expensive in the construction than any- 

 other, as the whole may be paved with bricks, 

 or any flat stone. Nothing extraordinary is 

 required but the centre stone v/ith holes, to 

 convey the water into the sewer beneath. The 

 Swedes floor their stables with strong, coarse 

 planks of wood, and at certain intervals the 

 centre planks, which are depressed a little, and 

 on the descent, are cut through longitudinally, 

 by which means the urine runs into receivers, 



