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to prevent t"he beating in of the rain ; or by gratings 

 placed high up in the walls. These latter apertures 

 should be as far above the horses as they can con- 

 veniently be placed, by which means all injurious 

 draught will be prevented. If there is a loft above 

 the stable, the ceiling should be plastered, in order 

 to prevent the foal air from penetrating to the hay 

 above, and injuring both its taste and its wholesome- 

 ness ; and no opening should be allowed above the 

 manger through which the hay may be thrown into 

 them ; for they will permit the foul air to ascend to 

 the provender, and also in the act of filling the man- 

 gers, and while the horse is eagerly gazing upward 

 for his food, a grass seed may fall into his eye, and 

 produce considerable inflammation. At other times, 

 when the careless groom has left open the trap-door, 

 a cold stream of air beats down on the head of the 

 horse. The stable with a loft over it should never 

 be less than twelve feet high, and proper ventilation 

 should be secured, either by tubes carried through 

 the roof, or by gratings close to the ceiling. These 

 gratings or openings should be enlarged or contracted 

 by means of a covering or shutting, so that spring, 

 summer, and autumn, the stable may possess nearly 

 the same temperature with the open air, and in win- 

 ter a temperature of jiot more than ten degrees above- 

 that of the external atmosphere. A hot stable has, 

 in the mind of the groom, been connected with a 

 glossy coat The latter, it is thought, cannot be ob- 

 tained without the former. To this I reply, that in 



