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circulation of their limbs. As exercising 

 horses at sea is almost always accompanied 

 with more or less risk of accident, we 

 should, when resorting to it, take every 

 precaution for safety. For this object, the 

 portion of the deck which forms the exercis- 

 ing track should be covered with coir mats, 

 or coir matting, which is made up in rolls, 

 so as to prevent the animals from slipping, 

 which is their chief cause of danger in this 

 case. Twenty minutes' walking exercise a day 

 will generally be sufficient for the preservation 

 of the soundness of their feet. 



Although facilities to exercise horses are a 

 very desirable condition on board a ship 

 carrying horses, they cannot often be ob- 

 tained, especially when the number of animals 

 is large. 



