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feet lower than any other level in the building. The ceiling, however, 

 is ten feet removed from the floor. 



In the farthest corner, raised against the northern wall of the com- 

 partment, is situated a self-acting and slow-consuming boiler. The fire 

 faces toward the door, and the chimney has already been alluded to as 

 built out on to the covered ground. Commencing in the farther corner, 

 at the opposite extremity to that occupied by the door leading to the 

 gig-house, is a staircase, which obviously conducts to an upper apart- 

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I oblong space above the loose boxes, which is indicated by dotted lines, denotes the size 

 of the central ventilator. 



Above the boiler, and removed but one foot from the ceiling, is a 

 cistern, which occupies the entire length of the wall, or extends for 

 twelve feet : it is four feet high and three feet wide. The situation of 

 the cistern explains the use of the forcing pipe, which leads upward 

 from the pump and supplies the cistern as has been noticed. From this 

 reservoir the boiler is replenished, and the water troughs are kept per- 

 petually filled. The pipe leading to the stable quits the cistern at 

 eighteen inches from the bottom; consequently the horses will want 

 fluid, while the cistern holds a supply sufficient to last some time when 

 only used to fill the boiler. This arrangement involves a necessary arti- 

 fice. Pumping is hard work, and grooms are not famed for a love of 

 mechanical labor; but these men are always clamorous at any stint 

 within their dominions. They will grumble loudly if the horses lack 

 water, and persecute their fellow, whose turn it may be to pump, until 

 the defect is remedied j whereas the boiler might become red hot, and an 



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