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will be found to be the best material. Flat masonry 

 roofs may be protected by having earthen vessels (Hind. 

 gurra), filled with water, placed on them; while tiled 

 roofs may be covered hj jhaiwjjs. If expense is no object, 

 double roofs may be employed with great advantage. 

 The stable may be admirably ventilated by a space of a 

 few inches being allowed, all round, V.etween the roof and 

 the top of the outside walls. 



At the head of each box or stall there should be a 

 window, say, a yard square and a yard and a half above 

 the ground. The space below the window may be 

 occupied by a movable door, which, during the hot hours, 

 may be taken away, and a thin bamboo screen hung across 

 the opening. If the stable be built of brick, additional 

 ventilation may be obtained by having alternate bricks 

 removed from the first two or three bottom rows of the 

 wall, at the head of the stall, for a distance of 6 or 7 ft. 

 These holes may be stopped up in cold weather. If 

 possible, there should always be a space of a few inches 

 all round, between the roof and the top of the outside 

 walls. 



The outside of the stable should be whitewashed, so 

 as to prevent the absorption of heat ; and the walls inside 

 should be dark coloured. 



When flies are troublesome, surhunda (a cane-like 

 grass) or split bamboo screens should be placed in front 

 of the doorways and windows, and should be kept down 

 from sunrise to sunset. The cleaner and darker stables 

 are kept, the freer will they be from flies. 



In many stables in India, covered receptacles for urine, 

 which the syces are supposed to bale out every day, are 



