CHAPTER V 



TRANSPORT 



"Yet if man, of all the Creator plann'd, 

 His noblest work is reckon'd, 

 Of the works of His hand, by sea or land, 

 The horse may at least rank second." 



Mr. Jorrocks said that the horse was made for 

 the hound, and the fox was thrown in as a connecting 

 Hnk between the two ! Certainly there can be no 

 doubt that the horse was made for the soldier. 



Our soldier has been shown how to get, and put 

 on, both his own kit and his horse's equipment, and 

 also how to take care of the horse, which, assuming 

 that a stall, or better a loose box, a soldier groom, 

 and other necessary etceteras have been arranged 

 for, we will now think about. 



The author of Riding Recollections says, that in 

 the choice of a horse and a wife a man must please 

 himself, ignoring the opinion and advice of his 

 friends. 



A wife is a luxury that the young idea has no 

 business to think about for the present, even if he 

 can afford it. A horse is, however, a necessity for 

 every soldier at some time or the other in his 



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