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ing the dung to accumulate in stalls for a 

 long period has been practised from time 

 immemorial in many parts of the Continent, 

 and is not as productive of foul odours as 

 one might imagine. Although it gave good 

 results with respect to the mortality of re- 

 mounts during their transport from South 

 America to South Africa, it would of course 

 be inapplicable to steamers which had to cross 

 the line, owing to the increased activity in 

 the process of decomposition, due to tropical 

 heat. Veterinary surgeons who had charge 

 of Argentine remounts in South Africa, tell 

 me that these animals arrived unshod, with 

 the ground surface of their feet in a deplor- 

 able state of neglect, on account of their 

 having stood in a mass of damp decomposing 

 matter during their respective voyages, and 



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