Down North and Up Along 
horse, — an undertaking in which the horse did 
not appear to sympathise. 
A narrow bridge with a railing on either side 
was run out from the pier, one end resting on 
the pier itseif, the other suspended in mid-air 
by ropes attached to the useful derrick. Upon 
this unstable structure the horse was finally 
persuaded to place himself, his master standing 
on the bridge at his head, a position which no 
one envied him. The derrick of a sudden 
began to lower away, to the astonishment and 
consternation of the horse, who, whatever he 
may have suspected, certainly could not have 
looked for any such perfidy as this. He made 
a desperate effort to back off once and for all, 
but it was too late. His front feet rapidly 
descended while his hind ones remained aloft, 
until he stood at an angle which no horse could 
be expected to maintain, when down he slid, 
dragging his master with him, both landing in 
a heap in the bottom of the boat. Fortunately 
neither was hurt, and no harm done except 
to the feelings and heels of the horse, the latter 
being skinned and the former damaged to the 
extent of making him desire to jump over- 
board as soon as he found himself fairly on 
