I20 Horses on Boai^d Ship. 



place by swinging .stops, which are fixed to 

 the front posts. Double breast-boards are 

 also retained in position by similar cleats and 

 stops. Although stalls with single breast- 

 boards require twice the number of front 

 posts as those with double ones, they are 

 much more convenient in use than stalls of 

 the double breast-board pattern ; because 

 horses can be put into or taken out of 

 them, merely by removing the breast-board. 

 A double breast-board, on the contrary, 

 cannot be taken out without also removing 

 the division-boards (parting-boards) that are at 

 its centre. In both cases, the division-boards 

 in Government transports are 3 ft. 9 in. high 

 above the floor of the stall. 



My experience, and also that of several 

 capable men whom I have consulted on the 



