The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17

them have their heads out like the 9TH
crs. and this stout board is put up. on q
Level with their eyes. in order to prevent
being inspected. and. separate and apart.
from the long lines Of those whose heads
were afiiliasing in free compan.ons1ip.
over the aisle between the stalls. were
these high-boar1ed mettiesomes whose
good faith as regards behavior was sus-
pected.
This animal" continued the officer,
stopping before a stall larger and arier
than the rest. lis in possession Of what
might correspond with the star bed
chamber in a summer hotel He Ia. the
space of two stalls knocked into one.
and, you notice. the sides are padded. so
that in case OF rough. squaliy weather
he can't hurt himself. He has his spec
ial valet IN chargethat is, an extra
man on board for his benefit. AL OF the
stock get good attention. though; they
are fed and watered four times day.
A good many gain flesh on the passage.
What are these hooks for? On regard
to the big auger holes in the front board
Of the s;alls) Oh, 70 tie on the bullocks
each in place. II we let them loose. hey
would jump over into the aisle when the
snip go, to rolling. She rolls very little.
however. except in a very heavy sea. be-
ing bull. with special view to steady
movement"
One interesting phase OF cattle-lo-e is
the fact tina: these dunno beasts divine
the vicinity OF land long before the flu-
man passengers can tell il. The cattle
have no maps and ships logs 70 go by,
but IL the wind is blowing off shore there
is Stir and plant among them, as OF
some momentous tidings, when there are
fully a hundred miles between them and
the coast. In the dark hold. without the
appearance of the horizon TO guide him.
some steer more aler,ly sensitive than
his fellows feels the approach of his ma
tive element; ne rubs noses with his
nearest companion. and. as by magic
the news spreads from one to the other
until the whole cargo IS in connection.
and a suppressed lowing wakens the
stiffs who are asleep on the floor Of the
aisles.
The cattle are allowed only ten days
Of life after reaching the London stock
yards. but IL is doubtful il even that
fateful knowledge would dampen their
delight az the idea OF seeing the green
country once more, these range raised
cattle. accustomed 10 the wide spaces
and unlimited areas OF the west.
Such excellent care is taken Of them
on board ship that ii is estimated that
in twenty-one voyages, when 5000 cat
tie were transported across the Atlantic.
orly twenty-three died. In thirteen Of
those voyages there were no losses at all.
The mortality among the horses is great
er. although not more than two or three
succUmb out Of as many hundred. This
is owing to the admirable ventilation,
which makes a cattle ship as tolera Bile
travelling for bipeds as for quadrupeds.
BY the way. among the live stock aboard
these monster ships are sometimes moose
bison. Rocky Mountain goats. buffalo.
and other wild creatures being carried
to stock hunting preserves of titled
Bri,ishers. All of these seem infinitely to
prefer the fastness Of the ship to the
jolting, swaying railway cars on which
they have crossed the continent. They
do not suffer from seasickness.