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should previously be made up ready for them, and then the doors, windows, 

 and other ventilators should all be shut till the stable becomes thoroughly 

 warmed by the natural heat of their bodies, which it soon is. When this 

 is accomplished, if the weather is warm, the ventilators should be opened as 

 usual, and the windows also if necessary ; but it is better to err on the safe 

 side, and not to do this till the groom is perfectly satisfied that his charges 

 are all comfortably warm. 



