STABLES. 5 



of a few inches being allowed, all round, between the 

 roof and the top of the outside walls. 



During the hot weather, the outer walls of the stable 

 should be protected by thick chhuppur (frames covered 

 with thatch). The outside of the stable should be 

 white-washed, while the walls inside should be dark 

 coloured. 



When flies are troublesome, surkunda (a variety of 

 cane-like grass) or bamboo screens should be placed in 

 front of the door-ways and windows. They should be 

 kept down during the hours between sunrise and sun- 

 set. I may here mention, in passing, that the cleaner 

 and darker stalls are kept, the freer they will be from 

 flies. 



I think that hard-worked horses rest and thrive far 

 better when completely separated from each other, than 

 they do when kept apart simply by bails, or by low par- 

 titions. I would therefore advise that, for them, the 

 walls between the boxes should be made about 6 feet 

 high, just sufficient to prevent the animals smelling 

 each other over them. With ordinary hacks such a pre- 

 caution is not necessary. Some few horses thrive best 

 in companjr. 



At the head of each box or stall, there should be a 

 window, say a yard square, and a yard and a half from 

 the ground. The space below the window may be occu- 

 pied by a moveable door, which, during the hot hours, 

 may be taken away, and a thin bamboo screen hung 

 across the opening. 



In many stables in India, covered receptacles for urine 

 are made in the centre of the stalls, which the syces 



