II 



PERCENTAGE OF EQUINE MOR- 

 TALITY AT SEA. 



ALTHOUGH I can offer no details respecting 

 the death rate of horses carried in small 

 numbers, statistics most kindly furnished to 

 me by the A.V.D. enable me to supply my 

 readers with the following very interesting 

 table, which refers to remounts shipped to 

 South Africa from various countries, from 

 November, 1899, to July, 1901. Unfortunately, 

 it is only an approximation ; because, in many 

 cases, reports of several shipments were not 

 sent in to the War Office or were imperfect. 

 Their omission does not materially affect the 



