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working on a good road, can carry 100 to 150 kilogrammes 

 (equal to 15 stone \ lb., or 23 stone 8f lb.), at a walk, to 

 a distance of 40 kilometres (equal about 24 T 8 o English 

 miles) in ten hours. But if the same horse be required 

 to do its work in trot, the burden must be reduced to 

 80 kilog. (equal 17 6| English pounds), in order to enable 

 it to do 22-J- to 24^j English miles in a day (of ten 

 hours). If the burden consists of a rider with his 

 saddle, &c., instead of inert matter alone, the horse can 

 do the 24 T 8 n miles at a walk, on a good road, under the 

 greater load of 90 kilog. (198-| English pounds), and he 

 will only require seven to eight hours. It is therefore 

 evident that it is the dead weight of the pack which 

 distresses the horse most ; and our own experience of 

 jockeys carrying extra weight confirms this. 



Further,' a man carrying a weight without the aid 

 of machinery, can transport 44 kilog. (97 lb. 10 oz. 

 English weight) to a distance of 12 T % English miles for 

 a day's work ; and on comparing this with the day's 

 work of the sumpter-horse, we find that the former is 

 to the latter in the proportion of 1 to 5. 



Now it is well understood that a foot-soldier who has 

 to use his weapons cannot carry anything like this 

 97 lb. 10 oz. English weight, without converting him into 

 a mere " colporteur," the utmost admissible load 

 being 22 kilog. (48 lb. 13 oz.), or one-third the man's 

 own average weight;* and as the saddle horse can 

 carry 90 kilog. 24 T 8 Q miles only at a walk and on a 

 good road, if we take into consideration that some of 



* The Continental cavalries take 145$ lb., or 10 st. 5|lb. as the 

 average weight. The British soldiers must be much heavier 

 than this, probably 11J to 12 st. The British infantry soldier's 

 kit at present weighs exactly 11.67 kilog., leaving 10.33 kilog., or 

 about 23 lb., for arms and ammunition. 



