ii6 Hoi'ses on Board Ship, 



Revel on the deck of a steamer through the 

 North Sea and Baltic during winter, on which 

 occasion the cold was far greater than Is ever 

 felt In England. Although these animals had 

 been clipped, they were protected from snow 

 and salt water. We all know that In very cold 

 weather the atmosphere Is comparatively dry 

 and that no rain can fall. The fact that very 

 cold snow contains a large proportion of air, 

 greatly reduces the cooling effect which such 

 snow has on a horse's skin, because air is an 

 extremely bad conductor of heat. Experience 

 leads me to conclude that a stationary horse 

 which Is exposed to rain when the temperature 

 of the atmosphere Is just above freezing point, 

 suffers more from cold than if the temperature 

 was, say, 30° F. lower. In which case the air 

 would be dry. 



