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horses, two rows of boxes may be built, placed back 

 to back ; by this means two outer walls and one inner 

 wall is made to serve for two rows of boxes, and the 

 expense per horse is considerably curtailed. I drew 

 a plan about twenty years ago on this principle 

 for some new stables for Lord Henry Bentinck, at 

 Lincoln, to hold about seventy horses, and with the 

 exception of a trifling alteration made at his stud 

 groom's request, they were built as I had drawn, and 

 as I have described them. 



In cases where boxes cannot be built, the horses 

 will have to be kept in stalls. The same rules as to 

 ventilation will apply as in boxes, but here instead of 

 doors there will be one door and windows; these 

 should if possible be all on the same side, so that 

 when the door is open there is no current of air 

 blowing across the horses, and the door should be in 

 the middle of the row of stalls it opens into. For 

 hunters, the gangway should run behind a single 

 row of stalls, but for cart-horses, &c., it may run 

 between two rows of stalls. 



In the preceding part of the chapter I have given 

 a description of the kind of stabling best suited in 

 my opinion for housing any given number of horses 

 in the best possible manner, when the method I have 

 described can be carried out. 



In many cases, however, as for instance, in 

 towns, it may happen that it is not convenient or 

 even practicable to devote sufficient space to ilie 



