158 Horses on Board Ship. 



breast-boards, although an attendant could 

 easily remove and replace them. 



In order to prevent a horse throwing his 

 food out of his trough — which he is particularly 

 inclined to do, when it contains long hay full 

 of hay seeds — we may adopt Colonel Duck's 

 wise suggestion to continue the two flat iron 

 hooks which are used for attaching the trough 

 to the breast-board, completely round the 

 trough, which will then have, near its ends, 

 two bars running across it, that will prevent 

 the animal carrying out his objectionable inten- 

 tion. In any case, the bars should be on the 

 outside of the trough, and should be continued 

 round its three sides, so as to distribute over a 

 large surface any strain that may fall on the 

 trough. The trough would be still further 

 protected from injury by the adoption of 



