Horse-carrying Ships. 25 



If a choice of position on board be avail- 

 able, any ordinary steamer (a mail boat for 

 preference) will do for the carrying of a 

 few horses, especially if they be taken in 

 portable boxes (p. 83). Therefore, the 

 observations I am going to make on horse 

 ships will refer chiefly to those which are 

 intended for the conveyance of large numbers 

 of horses, in which case the animals will be 

 in stalls as a rule. The carrying of horses 

 in pens, which are generally used in place 

 of stalls for mules, is so exceptional that I 

 need not consider it here. 



In a well-deck ship, the deck which is 



provided with bulwarks is the exposed deck, 



and such a steamer is, therefore, not so suitable 



for the carrying of horses as it would be if 



- it were protected by a shade or shelter deck. 



