--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Fred and Grace Hatton"
<hatton@...> wrote:

>
> I am still trying to get past the notion that they would have

carried a bull

> with them in the boat, but then when we have hauled sheep in the

back of our

> pick up truck, the critters usually lie down after a bit from the

jostling.

>
> Maybe the bull was a fairly young fellow when they started off - a

yearling

> would have been more manageable. Still a bunch of cows on a boat

wouldn't

> be a picnic either. They would have needed a whole lot of water

even if

> they were just a couple of weeks underway. Not to mention the poo.

And just imagine trying to survive a storm with a herd of panicked
cattle for company! In wonder how well they'd cope with rocking
motion. But maybe if they felt ill, that would make them more docile.