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WATERING HORSES. 



CAPTAIN ROSS-SMITH writes to me from Port 

 Elizabeth as follows : 



" Cattle (horse) steamers with water ballast 

 are far preferable to those which carry only a 

 comparatively small supply of that fluid, and 

 trust to their condensers to supplement any 

 shortage. This condensed water is palatable 

 neither to man nor beast, and should be used 

 as little as possible for drinking purposes. The 

 importance of this water question is shown by 

 the enormous quantities required for a shipload 

 of animals. We have the pitiful case of a 

 steamer which arrived here from Australia 



