REMOUNT HORSES IN INDIA. 
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commenced about tlie third week in October. It is a mistake to put it 
off too late, for the horses feel the loss of their coats less then, than 
later, also it takes some time to get them all finished. 
I think it is a good plan to clip as they clip hunters at home, leaving 
the hair on the legs, shading away the hard lines with a lamp, and 
trimming the backs of the legs and heels where the hair is long. 
Different batteries have different customs. It is a good plan though 
to tell off two good clippers per division, and to pay them so much to 
keep the horses of their divisions properly clipped and singed through¬ 
out the season. Every horse will want clipping and singeing twice— 
many three or four times. Begin with the horses whose coats are 
most forward ; it is easy by handling the horse to tell if his coat is set. 
In concluding these few pages, I wish to state that I am putting* 
forward no fresh ideas, and that I am fully aware that a large per¬ 
centage of the senior officers know as much about the subject as I do 
myself, but there are some I am sure, and among these many who are 
personal friends of my own, who, through good luck and better 
management, have not been obliged to soldier in India, at least so 
often and so long as I have, and these latter I know will be glad to 
avail themselves of some of the hints I have given above when obliged 
to come out with batteries to this country. 
