the result of my own personal observations during
eighteen years' service in India and the colonies at both military and
civil duties.

JOSHUA A. NUNN.

LONDON,
_March_, 1897.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

The following notes on Stable Management were originally delivered in a
lecture to the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Troopers of the
Punjab Light Horse, and as they were considered by the members of the
corps to be useful, at their request I have put them on paper. There is no
attempt at anything beyond the most elementary rudiments of horse-keeping
in India, and all they are intended for is to give volunteers of mounted
corps, who have not previously owned horses, some slight idea as to what
should be done for the care of their chargers, and not leave them entirely
in the hands of native syces and horse-keepers.

JOSHUA A. NUNN.

LAHORE,
_December_, 1895.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

FOOD.

Gram 1
Barley 6
Bran 7
Bran Mash 9
Oats 9
Maize 11
Wheat 13
Rice 14
Millet 15
Pulses 15
Linseed 16
Linseed Cake 17
Black Gram 18
Preparation of Food 18
Horses refusing Food 19
Times of Feeding 20
Bolting Food 21
Spilling Food on Ground 22
Grass 22
Churrie 25
Bhoosa 25
Bamboo Leaves 27
Oat Hay Forage 28
Hay