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A cargo of 600 horses would, as a rule, be 

 a full complement for a steamer of 3,000 tons 

 gross, in which case she would require to have 

 a shade or shelter deck that would be more 

 or less occupied by horses, as well as stalls on 

 two decks below. As an increase of gross 

 tonnage does not give a corresponding increase 

 of length to a ship, a large steamer will not 

 be able to take a proportionately greater 

 number of horses than a smaller one. For 

 instance, a ship of 4,000 tons gross would 

 probably be able to take only about 120 

 horses more than a ship of 3,000 tons. 

 As a rule, 1,000 horses would be a full 

 cargo for a steamer of 9,000 tons gross. 

 Of course a large Atlantic cattle boat of, 

 say, 56 or 58 feet beam, would be able 

 to carry on some of her decks a row of 



