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•by means of stoves placed on the outside, 

 with iron chimneys passing through the 

 stable. 



Licrht is also a thino- of much importance in 

 the construction of a stable ; and for the 

 purpose of admitting it readily to every part, 

 the windows should be large and properly 

 placed. 



There is no doubt that the eves of horses are 

 often injured by dark stables ; and w hen a horse 

 is just taken from a dark situation, it is easy 

 to perceive that light at first imtates the eye, 

 and gives pain ; and this is more remarkable 

 when he is brought suddenly into the sunshine ; 

 nor is it to be wondered at that so delicate an 

 organ as the eye should suB'er materially from 

 the fr.equent repetition of this sudden change. 



Though a hght stable is desirable, the sun- 

 shine should not be allowed to fall on the eyes 

 of a horse as he stands in his stall ; nor should 

 the walls or ceiling be of a white colour, as 

 under such circumstances the eyes would be 

 over stimulated, and rendered weak; and when 

 it is considered how liable horses are to diseases 

 of these organs, and how frequently they ter- 

 minate in blindness, no one will think any 

 circumstance tending to their preservation too 



