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ever horfes may fatten in dark flables, it miift be the 

 fat of a pig, and not with the lufty and cheerful gain 

 of a horfe, open to the cheering influence of the fun. 

 Stables fliould be well ceiled, and that very clofely : 

 when this is not the cafe, not only is the duft from 

 the hay-loft coming down on the horfe, and frequently 

 in his eyes, but, what is as bad, and much lefs 

 thought of, the foul air, which is always uppermoft^ 

 lodges in the hay, which becomes its receptacle, and 

 the hay-loft by this means proves a fource of con- 

 tagion. In facl, no hay-loft, properly, Hiould ever be 

 over a ftable; neither fliould corn be kept over it : 

 they both imbibe fait acrid particles by this means, 

 and this more particularly if it is not ceiled. Neither 

 is it a wholefome pradiice for fervants to Deep over a 

 ftable. As little hay or corn fliould be kept, likewife, 

 in the frable as poffible; but as it is wanted it fliould be 

 brought to the horfes. Narrow flails are very prejudi- 

 cial to horfes: flrains in the back are often occafioned 

 by them. Bars or bails are alfo obje(flionable, from 

 the eafe with which horfes may play with each other 

 over them : they may likewife kick each other by this 

 means. It is feldom that horfes eat ahke in point of 

 quicknefs : when they are feparated by bars only, 

 the floweft eater gets roblred of his food. 



The acclivity of the generality of ftalls is alfo a 

 very ferious objedion to them, for they occafion a 

 horfe to have a falfe bearing: the greater weight i$ 



