34 Horses on Board Ship. 



The ordinary type of mail steamer, however 

 well adapted it might be for the conveyance 

 of horses on its exposed deck, would not have 

 sufficient ventilation for carrying large numbers 

 of them below. ' 



For purposes of ventilation, it is an advan- 

 tage to have — as in the case of some modern 

 built steamers — no hulk-heads on the upper 

 deck (the spar deck for instance). Lloyd's 

 rule renders it imperative to have bulk-heads 

 on all the lower decks. 



On steamers intended for the carriage of 

 horses, mooring bits should be present only on 

 the exposed deck ; for if they be also on the 

 deck under It, they will more or less block up 

 the passage in front of the stalls near which 

 they are placed, and will thus cause incon- 

 venience when horses are led past them. 



