8 ANIMALS AT WORK AND PLA Y 



there is no such cover available, lie on the highest, 

 and consequently the driest ground. Horses seem 

 less particular, though they have curious fancies as 

 to their bed-litter in stables. It would be interesting 

 to know what is the horse's point of view as to the 

 substitution of ' moss-litter ' for straw, which the 

 rise in the- price of the latter has brought into such 

 general use. But perhaps the hardier animals are right. 

 A rise in the ' standard of comfort ' is not an un- 

 mixed blessing even to their owners 



