46 STABLE BUILDING AND STABLE FITTING. 



become now almost universal. The old-fashioned bell which 

 encouraged the lodgment of deposit, and was seldom properly 

 flushed, has never been satisfactory ; it was frequently rendered 

 useless by the removal of the bell for the purpose of sweeping 

 refuse into the drain, the trap often being thus laid aside and 

 not afterwards replaced. Fig. 25 is a production in which the 



Fig. 25. 



Fig. 26. 



Fig. 26a. 



syphon fomiing the trap for the drainage of a stable is cast 

 in one piece with the pot, and effectually prevents any tam- 

 pering with its action as a water seal. It can be had with 

 the outlet either at the bottom or the side. The trap Fig. 26 

 is even more simple in construction, and is easily cleaned ; but 

 more difficult to fix with the 4-inch earthenware pipes. In this 



trap also, the syphon arrange- 

 ment forms a part of the pot 

 and cannot be separated from it. 

 The syphon trap illustrated 

 in Fig. 2 6a is another example 

 of improved stable drainage 

 when used in connection with 

 the gutter shown in Fig. 19A. 

 The latter passes through the 

 stable wall at h^ dispensing with 

 horse and mare pots and all 

 '■'^\^'>i>?:'\^X^is--''^^ underground dramage m the 



stable. 

 Earthenware Fig. 27 is an earthenware syphon trap, shown also in plan 

 traps. on Plate 8, where it is built into the wall of the stable. These 



traps are made with the outlet connection at the side or the 



