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PRECAUTIONS AFTER 

 DISEMBARKATION. 



DURING the three years I lived in Calcutta, 

 I saw many instances of the bad effects of 

 premature work after landing, among large 

 numbers of horses imported from Australia 

 and New Zealand. In this case, the passage 

 takes from a month to six weeks. Experience 

 with many thousands of these animals showed 

 buyers the necessity of refraining from putting 

 them to hard work before giving them a 

 gradual preparation for it of at least three 

 months. Here laminitis (fever in the feet) 

 is the great danger. This disease may be 



