BOXING. 
General instructions .—The larger animals, all adult flesli-eating 
animals, and most other species that are not gregarious should each 
be given a separate box or compartment. The smaller monkeys 
may be shipped together, but the adults of the larger species are 
likely to be ill-natured and should be shipped separately, as should 
also antelope, deer, and sheep, even though young. The young of 
most other animals may be shipped together. 
SHIPPING BOX. 
An illustration of a large shipping box is given above, and detailed 
plans of the same are shown upon the opposite plate. Similar 
boxes varying in size according to the size of the animals to be 
transported can readily be made by any fairly good carpenter and 
blacksmith. All boxes should be high enough to allow the animals 
confined in them to stand erect. The inside should be smooth, all 
cleats, etc., required to strengthen the box being put on the outside. 
Care should be taken that no nails project inside. Except in metal- 
lined boxes, holes for ventilation should be bored in the upper part 
of the box. No cracks should be left near the bottom, as the 
animals would be liable to get their feet caught in them. 
The space in front, between the grating and the bottom of the 
box, should be kept closed by a removable footboard, except when 
the animals are being fed or watered. The rear doors should be 
kept locked, all feeding and cleaning being done through the other 
openings. 
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