The coach-house should be separated from the stalls and boxes, so that the carriages in it may not be exposed in any way to the fumes arising from the stable. Not only is damp injurious to a carriage and its fittings, but ammonia, as we have seen (p. 48), destroys varnish. The coach-house should, if possible, face the south or south-west, so as to get a maximum amount of sunlight when required. Like the stable, it should, for purposes of dryness, be raised above the surface of the ground, and, like the saddle room, it should have a waterproof floor, and the walls and ceiling lined with match boarding. The coach-house should have a heating apparatus to be used in cold and particularly in damp weather. The best kind is that of hot-water pipes; for the fumes from coal and gas quickly tarnish silver mountings. A hook should be placed high up on one of the walls on which to hang the pole, so that the pole may not become bent, as would be liable to happen if it were placed resting against a wall. In this position, its hook on the swivel head is also apt to become damaged. For each two-wheeled trap there should be a stand on which to rest the shafts. When in use, this stand should be placed at from a foot to eighteen inches in front of the cross-bar. If it is put under the points of the shafts, as is often done, the shafts will in time become bent, and the appearance and balance of the conveyance will become spoiled. The same disastrous result will be obtained by allowing the points of the shafts to rest on the ground. There ought to be a jack or two for raising the wheels when they are to be cleaned; and a whip-rack for hanging driving whips on.