ON THE CECONOMY OF THE STABLE. 29 



belonging to the Dukes of Bedford, Richmond, 

 and Devonfiiire. 



Of thefe magnificent places, where art and 

 knowledge feem to have been exhaufted, it is 

 impoffible to fay any thing but in the flyle of 

 approbation and of refpeft, for the liberality 

 as well as judgment of the noble proprietors; 

 my bufmefs is to borrow from thefe great mo- 

 dels, and to enquire how far their principles, 

 and their chara6leriftic excellencies, may be 

 rendered applicable to a fmaller fcale, or to a 

 general fyftem of (lable ccconomy. 



In the crowded quarters of great towns, and 

 where necelTity predominates, it would be idle 

 to recommend impra6licable improvements in 

 the lodgings of either beafls or men, who muft 

 alike fubmit to vegetate within the narrow 

 limits afFigned them ; it may be averred, how- 

 ever, that horfes tied up in a clofe confined 

 ftall, and conftantly inhaling the hot and fuffo- 

 cating fleams of their own ordure, piled up in 

 heaps around them, ought not to be expe6led 

 to continue long in a found and healthy flate, 

 and that in order to prevent, as far as pofTible, 

 the confequent evils of their fituation, the ut- 

 mofh attention (hould be ufed in keeping the 

 flable clean, and in the conftant admiflion of a 

 current of frefli air during the abfence of the 

 cattle : and notwithftanding the obftinate pre- 

 judices of flable people, I am convinced, that 



