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CHAPTER XII. 



Coachhouse. — Heating coachhouse. — Watering floor of coach- 



house. — Flooring of coachhouse. — Saddle-room. — Doors 

 of saddle-room. — Stove of saddle-room. — Patent stove. — 

 Light from window of saddle-room. — Panelling walls of 

 saddle-room. — Disposal of saddlery in saddle-room. — 

 Saddle-racks. — -Our patent saddle-racks. — Construction of 

 saddle-racks. — Advantage of saddle-racks. — Prices of 

 saddle-racks. — Saddle-room shelves. — Saddle-room cup- 

 boards. — Order and cleanliness. — Forage store. — Disposal 

 of forage in store. — Economy of order. — Bedding-sheds. 

 ■ — Economy and construction of bedding-sheds. — Grooms' 

 chambers. — Communicating window from grooms' cham- 

 bers to stable. — Comfort of servants' rooms. — Cleanliness 

 of servants' rooms. — Inspection of servants' rooms by 

 master. 



I have up to the present confined my attention to 

 the stable itself, and things pertaining to it, alone. 

 I have done so for the purpose of keeping the 

 several parts of this work as distinctly separate as 

 possible. Where there is a stable there is generally 

 a coachhouse and other rooms ; I think, therefore, 

 it will be as well to turn to the consideration of 

 these at the present time. Of course, when a stable 

 is built, the following are generally constructed, 



