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solid particles of excreta may lodge about them. The 

 water from the spoutings of the roof should be 

 collected, if water is scarce, and utilised in flushing 

 the sanitary drains, the pipes of which should be made 

 of glazed stone ware, and properly cemented at the 

 joints in order to prevent the escape of any volatile or 

 gaseous properties. The sanitary drains should be laid 

 six inches deeper than the other system of draining, 

 so that if any leakage should accidentally occur, no 

 contamination would follow. No sanitary drain system 

 is complete without an abundant supply of water with 

 which to flush the pipes at least once daily. 



FLOORING. 



The floor of the stable should be composed of non- 

 absorbent materials. Ordinary Portland cement 

 makes an excellent floor, as it is quite impervious to 

 wet and entirely obstructs any noxious emanations 

 that may arise from beneath, whilst its surface is hard 

 and smooth, which renders it unfavourable to the 

 accumulation and retention of dirt of any kind. It 

 should be laid on a bed of broken whin -stone, the 

 lower stratum of which should pass through a three- 

 inch mesh, whilst the stones of the upper stratum 

 should not be larger than pass through a one-inch 

 mesh. The lower and rougher stratum should be laid 

 to a depth of six inches, the upper to a depth of 

 three, whilst the surface covering of cement should be 

 from two-and-a-half to three inches in thickness. It 

 is sometimes recommended to mix the cement with 



