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stands up, but tight enough to enable him to rest his 

 weight on them if he cliooses. If it gets at all rough, the 

 slings should be at once removed. 



If the horse be quiet, he may be taken out from time 

 to time, when the sea is very smooth. On no account 

 should he be allowed to walk on the deck if it be at all 

 wet or greasy. There is no need to groom the horse 

 beyond sponging out his eyes, nostrils, dock, etc., and 

 picking out his feet, except when the weather is so fine 

 that he can be taken out on deck, for accidents with horses 

 on board ship are very liable to occur. The horse's head 

 should be secured by means of side ropes attached to the 

 head collar. 



During hot weather the horse should be kept princi- 

 pally on bran and hay, with very little corn. A stock of 

 carrots should, if possible, be laid in. 



After a horse has been on board three weeks, his heels 

 and the walls of his hoofs should again be lowered. 



An owner should make arrangements with the captain 

 of the ship for help to be given by some of the crew, in 

 the event of its being required, during bad weather. 

 Liberally "paying one's footing" on the forecastle will 

 have a good effect. 



" After landing horses from a sea voyage it is advisable 

 to keep them for a few days in loose boxes, so that they 

 may recover the use of their feet before they are even 

 gradually brought on to work, for a walk, even of a few 

 miles, immediately after coming off ship is very apt to set 

 up laminitis, although previously no symptoms of that 

 disease might have been apparent." ("Veterinary Notes 

 for Horse Owners.") 



