28 Horses on Board Ship. 



not as a rule be less than 44 feet in the 

 beam. Her accommodation in this respect 

 will depend to a certain extent on the size 

 of her hatches ; for the larger they are, the 

 less space will there be for the stalls which 

 face them. 



The presence of large hatches are a necessity 

 for the well-being of the horses on board, both 

 for purposes of ventilation and for providing 

 spaces which can be utilised for standing horses 

 on, as a temporary measure, as in cases of 

 sickness, or when mucking out. 



Considerable width of beam is of great 

 advantage, in the event of the extra space 

 not being fully taken up by mid-ship stalls ; 

 not only for purposes of ventilation, but also 

 to admit of horses being exercised, and readily 

 shifted. 



