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only ten feet high, and full of horses, with the thermometer 
standing at eighty degrees in the shade, would he found 
uncomfortably hot, assuredly much warmer than if the 
stable were from fourteen to fifteen feet high, and con¬ 
taining the same number of horses. In the winter season 
a lofty stable, if well built, will not be found too cold; at 
any rate, we have not found it to be so. 
The author's remarks respecting the effects produc cdon 
the horse by a sudden transition from a heated stable to 
one of a very low temperature are very much to the purpose, 
and have doubtlessly been often observed by all horsemen. 
But we may add that, in our opinion, much more harm has 
accrued from a sudden transition from the cold air to that 
of heated stables than has ever taken place from a horse 
going out of warm stables into the cold atmosphere. 
Flooring of stables .—This has also been duly considered, 
and, as far as our experience goes, the author has pointed out 
the best mode of constructing them, as well as the best 
materials to be employed for the purpose. He has not, 
however, alluded to the use of the blue Staffordshire bricks 
for paving, which, in durability, are equal, if not superior, to 
Dutch clinkers, while they are much cheaper. 
With regard to the partitions and doors of boxes, as 
given by him, we think the former are too low and the 
latter too narrow. In other respects they are all we could 
desire. 
We are daily in the habit of seeing loose boxes, the 
divisions of which are eight feet high, and we have occasion¬ 
ally seen horses, even in them, nibbling each other over the top 
rail. We therefore consider seven feet, the height the author 
proposes, too low, and that the doors should not be less than 
from three feet ten inches to four feet wide. The width mav 
vary, according to the amount of space leading thereto. If 
this be narrow, so that the horse has to pass into his box in 
an oblique direction, then a narrow door is more objectionable 
than it would be if the passage were of a greater width, so as 
to enable the horse to enter the door at a right angle. Often¬ 
times considerable mischief is done to horses' hips by the 
doorways into stables and boxes not being wide enough. 
With reference to mangers and racks, we are disposed to 
