Precmttions after Diserubm'king. 2 1 1 



work much quicker than If they had been 



kept all the time standing still. 



As horses, when under natural conditions, 



spend a very large portion of their time 



moving about In search of food ; their limbs 



are 111 adapted to bear the bad effects of 



inaction, particularly when the animals cannot 



relieve the consequent congestion by lying 



down. The Immediate 111 consequences of 



long standing, on the feet of horses, Is far 



less Injurious to them than the Inability to 



bear even moderate exercise which It Induces, 



supposing that the animals are put to work 



soon after the completion of the voyage. The 



danger to be specially feared in these cases 



is the occurrence of lamlnltis (fever In the 



feet), to which disease horses are specially 



liable, owing to the fact that their feet are 



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