THE SHIPMENT OF HORSES 



bandage be tied over his eyes before they low- 

 ered him into the hghter, but when we covered 

 his big black eyes he began to get nervous, and 

 at the first move of the box he nearly got out 

 of it. When he made one real effort, the box 

 that had looked so stout, bound as it was with 

 iron, seemed as frail as a chicken coop, and 

 w^e wondered if it would ever hold together till 

 w^e got to the steamer. Faiot, Akmet Haff ez's 

 son, had come with us and he knew the stallion 

 better than we did. He saw what the trouble 

 was and tore the bandage from the horse's 

 eyes. Then the IManeghi peered out of the box 

 and into the water and immediately grew 

 quieter. 



The horse never moved after his bandages 

 were taken off. He was calmer by 50 per cent, 

 than I was during the whole operation. The 

 next they brought w^as the chestnut two-year- 

 old Deyr colt. He had been so playful when 

 w^e bought him that there were a double set of 

 hobbles on his legs and even with them he 

 cavorted round. But like the Maneghi Sbeyel 

 he walked into the box, and without a bandage 

 over his eyes he was perfectly quiet, looking 

 over the landscape as they swung him up into 

 the air, and down into the small boat, without 



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