STABLES AS THEY SHOULD BE. 



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ered ride, will have been observed ; in the front view, the intermediate 

 posts and rails, which elsewhere define the path, are absent. The floor 

 of the ambulatory being raised on all sides two feet above the surface, 

 from the level of the front there extends, for twenty feet, a sloping pave- 

 ment, which gradually reaches the surrounding ground. This arrange- 

 ment is fully illustrated in the frontispiece to the present volume. 



ELEVATION OF THE SOUTHERN END, OR FRONT OP THE STABLE. 



The stable, notwithstanding the last provision, is not supposed to be 

 placed on a marsh, within a hollow, or even upon a decided level; but, 

 when a choice is possible, it should be located upon the brow of a hill. 

 It is there favorably situated for the dryness of the interior as well as 

 for the action of the drains. 



Having defined the position of the building, the author will now con- 

 sider the last engraving, which was an imaginary front view of the sup- 

 posititious building. This portion of the erection stands before the loose 

 boxes, and, like the back, is also divided into three compartments. It 

 is separated from the stables by a stout wall, consequently there is to 

 the interior no entrance by this direction. 



The comer space to the left of the spectator, who is supposed to stand 

 in front of the edifice, consists of one room, which is plastered, ceiled, 

 and boarded — the dimensions being by breadth twelve, by depth eighteen 

 feet. The entrance is guarded by a pair of well-made and closely-fitting 

 folding doors. The interior is meant to serve as a double 

 coach-house. The place is made as comfortable and is 

 kept as free from drafts as its uses will permit. 



At the opposite corner exists a similar but smaller 

 apartment. »It possesses doors like the first; also, it is 

 similarly provided with such things as ceiling, plaster, 

 and boards, which are not customarily to be seen in these 

 places. The room is as wide as the coach-house, but 

 reaches back only ten feet ; it is meant to serve as a gig- 

 house. Beneath the flooring is the coal-cellar, and which is gained by a 

 trap door cut in the floor of the present apartment. Close to this trap 



PLAN OF THE COAL- 

 CELLAR, WHICH 

 IS IMMEDIATELY 

 UNDER THE GIO- 

 HOUSE. 



