Watering Horses. 155 



also because horses will often refuse to drink 

 water w r hich is even slightly tainted. 



The Government allowance of 10 gallons 

 of water a day for each remount on board 

 H.M. transports is ample, and allows a good 

 margin for waste, which is often large. I 

 have found that an ordinary horse will not 

 drink daily more than 5 gallons, even on a 

 voyage from Bombay to Liverpool during 

 the summer. 



