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CLOTHING. 



As horses on board ship are practically in 

 a state of rest, they are able to bear cold much 

 worse than animals which can keep themselves 

 more or less warm by movement. On the 

 other hand, they are as a rule fairly well 

 protected from bad weather, and are conse- 

 quently free from the chilling effects of 

 moisture ; a wet coat being about twenty 

 times a better conductor of heat than a dry 

 one. In Stable Management and Exercise y I 

 have mentioned that I found a rug and a 

 quarter sheet amply sufficient for purposes of 



warmth when taking well-bred hunters to 



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