52 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



Most good stables have quite a sufficient 

 number of windows to admit as much air and 

 light as any one could desire ; and also as many- 

 flies during the summer montlis as could be 

 wished, and rather more. But these apertures, 

 from their general situation, are totally inadequate 

 to the escape of the vapour : it therefore be- 

 comes condensed, thus converting the stable into 

 a dripping well. All the windows required in a 

 stable, in a general way, are as many as will 

 afford sufficient light : there should always, where 

 practicable, be a sufficient number placed towards 

 the north, for this reason — they can be made to 

 fit close enough to exclude cold in the winter, and 

 in the summer it is cool air we want. Now, 

 though I consider that there are generally aper- 

 tures enough in most stables to answer one 

 purpose, we rarely, if ever, see them made for 

 the other — in fact, in most stables there are none 

 where they are wanted, which is at the highest 

 point of elevation the stable will afford. Of these 

 there should be some both before and behind the 

 horses (made to close when wanted) ; for, should 

 the air blow in either of these directions, it must 

 follow that no escape of effluvia can take place on 

 that side ; whereas the current coming in on one 

 side drives this steam out at the other. So, instead 

 of having a condensed fog over the horses, we get 

 a fine dry air, which is, or should be, too high to 

 affect the horses so far as cold <?oes. 



