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AMERICAN STABLE GUIDE. 



Section of Catch-Pit. 



The plan of this pit is that the fluid from the stable at 

 a falls into the division h partitioned in the centre c, 

 all of which is firmly fixed in by a stone or iron lid c?, 

 and fitted in a frame at its top, where it remains till taken 

 ofi" for the removal of the solid portions contained within 

 it at h. 



The sides of the iron partition run in grooves fitted well 

 in the plaster or mastic lining of the pit — at all events fit- 

 ting sufficiently close to prevent the solid portions from 

 passing into the division e. As will be seen the parti- 

 tion c does not reach to the bottom of the floor, but within 



Iron surface Gutter. 



one to four inches of it, and it is through this space the 

 fluid is to pass, filling it to the top on the other half c, 



