GENERAL REMARKS. 5 



way \ in this case it will be best to have a separate entrance to 

 the stable yard. 



It is unnecessary to encroach on the succeeding chapters by Simplicity in 

 any reference to the distribution of the buildings in the yard, construction. 

 The stables for private and public uses, illustrated and de- 

 scribed in the following pages, with the several details of their 

 fitting, are chiefly those which have been designed or adopted 

 by the author ; and, in carrying them out, he has sought always 

 the simplest and most efficient methods, with the use of those 

 fittings which, without being affected by fashion, or the pro- 

 motion of some untried invention, have been found by experi- 

 ence to be the most moderate in cost, and to best answer their 

 purpose. 



