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Show . Atlantic tattle Ships. The boats each oarry from 300 to 600 cattle per trip. The largest cargo ever takon over consisted of 1,300 head. The greatest number ever stowed on an upper deck for a single passage was 325 head. The voyage consumes from eight to sixteen six-teen days. Cattle are hardly ever sick at sea. They readily catch the motion of the boat and after a couple of days find their sea legs as readily as the most hardened, weather beaten old salt of the brine. If they show any signs of "paleness about the gills" they nre doctored with salts. The system of shipping cattle is encumbered encum-bered with far less difficulties than that of carrying horses. The horse is a very troublesome animal to pilot. across, and one of tho rules applied is never to lot him lie down. New York Letter." |