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one end, muck-out their stalls, take out the 



division-boards of the nearest stall, shift the 



horse in it to the first stall, replace its division 



boards, clean out the stall thus vacated, and 



continue on in the same way, until there are 



left at the other end two vacant stalls, into 



which the first two horses are placed. 



In a ship with freeing-ports, the dung will 



be thrown overboard through them, in which 



case the dung from the stalls below will have 



to be carried up to the deck that is provided 



with freeing-ports. For convenience sake in 



mucking-out, the stalls containing freeing-ports 



should generally be kept vacant (Fig. 23, 



p. 197). If the wind is on the port side or 



quarter, the dung should as far as practicable 



be thrown overboard through the starboard 



freeing-ports ; and vice versa. 



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