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successfully undergo semi-starvation on a long 

 campaign, is a display of ignorance for which 

 the unfortunate animals and the public have 

 generally to pay the penalty. 



The following are the chief favourable 

 conditions for the welfare of horses on board 

 ship : 



1. Seamty of fittings. — I need hardly say 

 that if the fittings, whether of boxes or 

 stalls, give way during bad weather, death 

 or serious accident will be the almost in- 

 evitable result. 



2. Absence of over -crow ding. — Horses are 

 extremely susceptible to the bad effects of 

 over-crowding, even when the ventilation 

 appears sufficiently good for the health of 

 human beings. I am inclined to think that 

 the emanations from the bodies of horses 



