38 ON THE CECONOMY OF THE STABLE. 



opinion of Vegetius, that a flable ought to 

 have good hght ; for that the eyes of horfes 

 being too much accuflomed to darknefs, might 

 be injured by every fudden expofure to the 

 glare of open day. 



In our own happy cHme we are indifferent 

 about the afpeft of a liable, or whether it be 

 towards the North or South ; our chief exter- 

 nal confiderations are, found and clean ap- 

 proach, the proximity of good water, and free- 

 dom from nuifances and ill fmells. 



From the bed and moft general information 

 I have been able to obtain, the Englifh have a 

 jufl right to boaft of the fuperiority of their 

 ftables^ as well as of their horfes; and if we 

 have no eflablifhments in this country, upon fo 

 grand and extenlive a fcale as were the once 

 celebrated flables at Chantilly, we polfefs fome 

 which have been generally acknowledged far 

 preferable to thofe, in the more eflential ref- 

 pefts of utility, convenience, and comfortable 

 accommodation. 



But it mufl not be hence inferred, that our 

 great men have confined their attention folely 

 to mere ideas of convenience in the eredion of 

 their flables ; fmce there are in England many 

 equeflrian palaces worthy of admiration, not 

 only for excellence of general intention and 

 defign, but for true tafle and elegance of ar- 

 chitedure; at the head of this clafs are thofe 



belonging 



