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feed-bin lids, etc., which is so irritating to horses. 

 A certain time was allowed for feeding, and then all 

 boxes were removed, cleaned, and set in the sun to 

 air and sweeten. By this means a " shy feeder " 

 could have his extra pints or quarts put before him, 

 and not a horse but his two immediate neighbours be 

 any the wiser. 



The horses were each confined by a rope eighteen 

 inches long, which was spliced into a ring which 

 ran upon a " traveller " — like that for a jib or main 

 sheet on a vessel, only running up and down the wall 

 and not across its surface ; the other end of the rope 

 was provided with a hook, which snapped into the 

 headstall ring, the regular halter-shank, which also 

 snapped on when wanted, hanging in readiness for 

 use at the heel of the " bail." The lower end of 

 this " traveller " came about a foot above the ground, 

 and the top about four feet six inches, so that, while 

 a horse had ample room to eat, lie down, etc., he 

 could neither bite his neighbour, nor could he get cast 

 by getting his feet over the slack. This rope can be 

 made longer or shorter, according to necessities, or 



