CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION vii 



CHAP. 



I. Reason for Writing the Book 1 



II. On the Points {Wasf) of Horses 2 



III. On "Feathers" 2 



IV. Traditional Defects 4 



V. On Spavin, etc. 5 



VI. Eyesores and Defects 6 



VII. On the Colours and Marks in Horses 8 



VIII. The Five Common Defects 10 



IX. On the best Breeding Districts (Khet) in India .... 11 



X. To Ascertain the Age of a Horse 12 



XI. On the Treatment of Diseases 13 



XII. The Treatment of the Foal 16 



XIII. On the Eight Forms of Colic (KuhkuhI) and their Treatment . 19 



XIV. Tetanus [G/ian^dxI-zada, adj., and GhandsT, subs.) . . . .22 

 XV. Chest-founder {CiiiiAn-iiAS'i> or S'iNA-BAyD,\v>3.) .... 23 



XVI. Canker of the Foot 29 



XVII. Miscellaneous 32 



XVIII. MlSCELL.\NE0US 36 



XIX. Miscellaneous ............ 37 



XX. Miscellaneous 38 



XXI. On Rririii, Halwa and KiiTh 40 



Conclusion 41 



APPENDIX "A"— Sign Language and Jargon 42 



APPENDIX " B " — Miscellaneous Notes and Receipts from various 



Indian Sources 45 



APPENDIX " C " — Vocabul.\ry of Technical Terms .... 56 



