38 ON THE STABLES, ETC. 



dozen buckets of water, and furnished with a cock at 

 the bottom. Warm water may thus be kept ready to 

 take the chill ofi* the cold water occasionally given to 

 the horses when in the stable, or to render the cold 

 water sufficiently hot for a fomentation for the legs of 

 such horses as may have been sweating, trying, or run- 

 ning long lengths at a severe pace. The boilers should 

 be put up so that the steam they give off may escape 

 by the flue of the fire-place, or by an aperture in the 

 wall, to prevent, as much as possible, the room from 

 becoming damp. 



I shall now describe the range of stables, which 

 occupies the ground floor of each wing, and which is 

 continued from the centre building. The height of the 

 stables within, should at least be twelve feet in the clear. 

 I shall leave to the better judgment of the architect, to 

 decide on the height of the exterior walls, as also of 

 those in the interior, used as partitions. In erecting 

 these walls, spaces are of course to be left, as I shall 

 hereafter direct, for purposes which will be then 

 explained. It is also to be observed that the exterior 

 walls are to be built of a sufficient substance to prevent, 

 as effectually as possible, the heat in summer or the 

 cold in winter, from affecting the temperature of the 

 stables. The openings first to be noticed in the front 

 walls, are, of course, for the doors and windows, as 

 exhibited in the plan. There must also be small 

 openings for the admission of air, in that part of the 

 wall (in each stable) which approximates to the ceiling. 

 Now, as it is the custom, and indeed a very proper one. 



