194 Horses on Board Ship. 



but the task is difficult in proportion to the 

 lack of attendants. Although a week may, 

 without detriment to health, be allowed to 

 elapse between each complete mucking -out, 

 when the weather is cold, such a long in- 

 terval ensures the accumulation of an amount 

 of dung which would entail much trouble to 

 remove, and which might cause inconveni- 

 ence to the horses, especially to those on 

 the windward side, by raising their hind 

 quarters too much, and thus putting an undue 

 proportion of weight on the fore legs. When 

 each stall has a separate breast - board, and 

 when there is plenty of room in front of the 

 stalls, each horse may be taken out of his 

 stall, and put back into it after it has been 

 cleaned out. In other cases, the best general 

 way will be to take out two or more horses at 



