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one end, muck-out their stalls, take out the 

 division-boards of the nearest stall, shift the 

 horse in it to the first stall, replace its division 

 boards, clean out the stall thus vacated, and 

 continue on in the same way, until there are 

 left at the other end two vacant stalls, into 

 which the first two horses are placed. 



In a ship with freeing-ports, the dung will 

 be thrown overboard through them, in which 

 case the dung from the stalls below will have 

 to be carried up to the deck that is provided 

 with freeing-ports. For convenience sake in 

 mucking-out, the stalls containing freeing-ports 

 should generally be kept vacant (Fig. 23, 

 p. 197). If the wind is on the port side or 

 quarter, the dung should as far as practicable 

 be thrown overboard through the starboard 

 freeing-ports ; and vice versa. 



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