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him up, he can as a rule be raised either 

 from the hatch, or from an intermediate 

 deck. 



As far as my experience goes, the best 

 kind of sling for transferring a horse from 

 one place to another, is that which is used 

 for landing horses at Port Elizabeth, South 

 Africa (Fig. 5). In this sling, the gromet, 

 which is attached to the suspending chain or 

 rope, is passed through the ring of rope at 

 the other end of the sling, so that the 

 animal is enclosed in a running loop, out of 

 which it is almost impossible for him to slip, 

 supposing that he is further secured, fore 

 and aft, by a breast-rope and breeching, 

 both of which ropes are attached at their free 

 ends to their respective rings by means of a 

 slippery hitch (half hitch on a bight). The 



