26 Horses on Board Ship. 



In all well-deck ships and those that have 

 shade or shelter decks, the deck with bul- 

 warks has freeing-ports, which are rectangular 

 openings made in the bulwarks for freeing 

 the deck from water shipped during rough 

 weather. A ship with a flush deck has no 

 bulwarks, and consequently does not need 

 freeing-ports, because her exposed deck offers 

 no impediment to the escape of water over 

 the side. In Fig. 23, p. 197, a freeing-port 

 may be seen in the vacant double stall. 



A well-deck ship which has a high stern, 

 bridge and bow, is sometimes called a three 

 island ship. 



It is a great advantage for a steamer 

 which is carrying horses below, to be light 

 in the water, so that she may be as free 

 as possible from the danger of shipping 



