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are always open, and altogether the effect produced is satisfactory. 
Wells and drinking troughs are placed at the end of each stable. 
Dung is immediately conveyed to pits on the farm situated at 
some distance. There is, unfortunately, no provision for urine, 
but the syces are constantly on the watch with cans to catch that 
fluid when being voided, which, although contributing to clean¬ 
liness, is a system not without its objections. The hospital 
stable is also a lengthened shed built of kiln bricks. It has a 
semi-arched roof of solid masonry with ventilating shafts, con¬ 
sists entirely of loose boxes with open brickwork walls. There 
are verandahs as in the ordinary stables, and “ ghamps 33 are 
provided lying in a slanting direction against its porches. 
These “ ghamps 33 consist of double bundles between which straw 
is placed, and into the spaces of which bands are woven, cord 
being added for additional security; they act as guards to pre¬ 
vent the ingress of cold winds, and the degree of exclusion can 
be regulated by the position in which they are placed. There 
appears to be a difference of opinion as to their further utility, 
but Mr. Kettlewell, the veterinary surgeon in charge, assures me 
that they also prevent the too rapid ingress of hot air, the 
difference in temperature between the outside and inside of the 
stable when they are used being from 30° to 40° in hot months, 
and that in stables where they are not used the temperature in 
the after part of the day is hotter inside than outside. It must 
certainly be said in favour of Mr. Kettlewelks theory that these 
means exactly correspond with those adopted for keeping bun¬ 
galows cool in India, and it is a pity that prejudice should 
prevent such an easily ascertained point being at once settled 
and acted upon. If the temperature can thus be reduced for the 
comfort and benefit of fifty horses in hospital, why not let the 
1000 horses in the ordinary stables share the luxury, and so 
prevent in all probability many of them from becoming candi¬ 
dates for admission to hospital ? 
The paddocks consist of enclosures of about fifty acres in 
extent; they are not irrigated, although the Jumna canal sup¬ 
plies all the neighbourhood with water ; they are fenced with 
wooden rails which, I am given to understand, are a great 
source of expense in consequence of the frequent repair necessary 
as the result of the ravages of white ants. In one part is a plan 
of division apparently much preferable to the rails, viz. mud 
banks similar to those so common in Ireland, surmounted by the 
prickly aloe plant. These are very effectual in preventing the 
escape of fresh horses from their pasture, and, although requiring 
frequent repair, especially during the rains, must be much more 
economical. The grass in these paddocks is fairly good, being 
principally “ dup 99 (Cynodon dactylon ) and Suwarra, or Serr- 
