XIV PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION. 



floored with Avood, a common practice in Germany. The other 

 acconniiodations are very good ; such as box stalls, and places 

 for other domestic animals. The stables have no other means 

 of ventilation than by the windows, some of which open above 

 the horses ; the plan of draining is very good, and the litter is 

 removed during the day, unless required for particular cases. 

 The iiliarmacy (place where medicines are prepared and dis- 

 pensed) and other offices are well arranged. The buildings are 

 constructed of wood, and ai'c considerably dilapidated ; but it is 

 expected that the whole will be soon rebuilt. An old hei'ma- 

 phrodite horse is shown here, in which the male form seems to 

 ])redominate ; of which, Mr. Sewell considers it a malformation. 

 The imperial stable is a fine spacious building, floored with 

 wood, well drained, and ventilated, and capable of accommo- 

 dating several hundred horses ; an infirmary is attached to it ; 

 also a forge, and a good contrivance for suspending and securing 

 restive hoi"ses, for shoeing, or other operations. The horses, as 

 well as those of cavalry, are shoed upon the school plan. Prince 

 Charles's stables are exceedingly good as a model on a small 

 scale; the floor is peculiar, being made of wooden piles or pieces, 

 cut out of a rounded figure, like large paving stones : they are 

 well drained and ventilated. 



At Prague and Dresden, J\Ir. Sewell found nothing very in- 

 teresting except the royal stables at the latter place ; in the 

 coach horse stable, a covered stream of water passes down the 

 centre, which keeps it always clean and sweet. They are well 

 ventilated, lofty, light, and spacious, and floored with wootl. 

 The saddle horses work unshoed from spring until autumn, 

 when the wet season commences ; their feet are in a fine state 

 of preservation in consequence : the kennel of boarhounds is 

 worth attention. 



Late in August, INIr. Sewell visited the Veterinary School at 

 Berlin; which was founded by the late king, Frederick II. The 

 theatre of anatomy, museum, and dissecting rooms form one 

 detached building, probably the most handsome and commodious 

 structure of the kind in Europe. The museum is less extensive 

 than that at Paris, but larger than the museum at Vienna, and 

 contains some novelties which the latter does not possess. It 

 has a complete series of skeletons, from the horse and ox down 

 to the smallest quadruped, and the skin of an African horse, 

 which has not the slightest appearance of hair upon it ; there is 

 a good collection of shoes of difterent countries. The forge is 

 well conducted, and the pupils are manually instructed by the 

 professor. The method of securing horses for shoeing, or opera- 

 tions, is very ingenious, and worthy of imitation. The king's 

 horses are shoed at the school forge, and the cavalry are shoed 

 according to the plan of the school. The stables are well con- 



