250 Horses on Board Ship. 



horses. Although, previous to my next 

 voyage, I signed an agreement to implicitly 

 obey my commanding officer, who was a 

 lieutenant in the loth Hussars ; I had no 

 interference, for he was a hunting man and a 

 lover of horses. 



An amusing feature in this second fiddle 

 game is the observance of the principle that 

 les extremes se touckent, in the appointment 

 of remount officers and veterinary surgeons 

 on board transports ; old veterinary surgeons 

 being sent with young remount officers, and 

 ■vice versa. In one case, the remount officer in 

 command was a Militia lieutenant of 9 months, 

 and 22 years of age. The appointment of a 

 veterinary surgeon on board a government 

 ship is an inconsistency under present con- 

 ditions ; because the remount or cavalry officer 



