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feels the cold — the cutaneous and the pulmonary exhalation are 
diminished to a fearful degree, and he is often attacked bv seri- 
ous maladies. It is sufficiently plain that, in the cavalry bar- 
racks, not more than one-third of the horses can lie down at one 
time without interfering with the repose of their neighbours, and 
they are compelled to struggle with each other for a chance of 
rest. Being thus employed, there are continual contentions, and 
the weakest always go to the wall. 
“ The feeding ought always to take place in the stable, but that 
is altogether impossible in the little space allowed to each horse. 
A certain proportion of them are turned out at every feeding 
time, and exposed to cold and rain, or, at least, to a difference of 
temperature which must occasionally and not unfrequently be 
prejudicial. In these close stables there is constantly developed 
a great quantity of carbonic acid gas. It occupies the lower por- 
tion of the space, and cannot fail of being injurious to the horses 
that are immersed in it ; and therefore they who rest, and they who 
long for rest, both of them suffer. The paving of these places 
is also exceedingly bad. It is either flat, and the urine slowly 
soaks into the soil, or, from its declivity, the horse is cramped 
and fatigued, and often materially injured. 
“ Of the mortality proceeding from glanders, the following is an 
accurate account. In a certain time the cavalry in reserve would 
lose 402 — the cavalry of the line, 400 — and the light cavalry, 
323. The cavalry of reserve are heavy horses. The same num- 
ber as of the others are placed in the stable, and therefore each 
horse has comparatively less room to lie down, and needs a 
greater quantity of air. 
“The murderous influence of the barrack system has been ex- 
perienced in the expedition to Africa. At the commencement of 
the campaign the horses were put into large and airy places, and 
glanders was almost unknown ; but when barracks were pre- 
pared for them, great numbers died. In the three regiments of 
chasseurs — a general effective force of 1948 horses — no fewer 
than 427 died of glanders in one year. 
“Thus, in every country, and at all times, the accumulation of 
horses in a narrow space has been productive of this fatal disease. 
Commissioners were sent to examine the construction of the sta- 
