Horses on Board Ship. 



made gradually. Also, the greater the 

 change, the longer is the time required to 

 attain this end. 



We are all aware that horses have to be 

 previously fed for a considerable time on a 

 liberal amount of corn, in order to make 

 them capable of enduring severe and pro- 

 longed labour ; but we should not overlook 

 the equally important fact, that corn without 

 hard work is powerless to effect that object. 

 In fact, the more corn they get while they 

 are idle, the longer time will they take to 

 become fit for work, after their period of 

 rest has expired. 



While giving full consideration to the short- 

 ness of the voyage and the fineness and cool- 

 ness of the weather, I cannot help thinking 

 that a large proportion of the comparative 



