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This principle is, I believe, adopted in many- 

 places, but I mention the establishment of Messrs. 

 Barclay and Perkins because I have been eye-witness 

 of its practical working. 



Above all, the water and the vessel in which it is 

 contained must be scrupulously clean. Too much 

 attention cannot be given to this injunction, especially 

 in stables where there is no water trough, and the 

 pail is the only means of giving the horse drink. 

 Those who are much about stables will understand 

 what I mean. No nitre or other farrier's messes 

 should be allowed in the water. 



I very much wish that a few boldly drawn 

 coloured diagrams could be issued, showing the 

 principal points in the structure of the horse's foot, 

 mouth, lungs, and stomach ; that it should be incum- 

 bent for these diagrams to be kept displayed in every 

 stable, and that no one, not even a boy, should 

 be allowed the management of a horse until he could 

 show that he was familiar with, and could understand, 

 the diagrams. 



Among the many faults of the ordinary stable, I 

 casually mentioned the sloping floor. Of course, the 

 object of this slope is evident enough, and it is also 

 evident that if the floor were perfectly level it would 

 be impossible to keep the stable decently clean. But 



