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the main deck, and a lower 'tween deck or 

 orlop below the upper 'tween deck. In the 



Atlantic cattle trade, the spar deck is often 



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called the cattle deck. 



The foregoing names of decks are gener- 

 ally used in horse-carrying ships. Large 

 passenger steamers have several decks. The 

 Celtic, for instance, has the captain's bridge, 

 promenade deck, boat deck, upper bridge 

 deck, bridge deck, main deck, upper deck, 

 middle deck, lower deck, orlop deck, and 

 lower orlop deck. 



In cattle steamers, which are generally 

 used for the conveyance of large numbers 

 of horses, the spar deck or main deck (in a 

 three-decker) is usually protected by an 

 awning deck, which is of comparatively light 

 construction, and is, of course, the upper- 



