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THE FORE LIMB. 



Top of withers 



Line 4i inchesbelow 

 fop of withers 



'■yveen 

 fore legs 



Fig. 348. 



The full-sized figure bouncled by a continued line represents a transverse section through the 

 shoulders of a thorough-bred with thick withers, made by a plane passing through tlie highest point 

 of the withers and fore-arms. The direction of this plane is shown in Fig. 350 by the dotted line 

 a b. The figure which' is bounded by dotted lines, and which is inside the figure just 'described,. 

 represents a similar section through the shoulders of an ordinary well-shaped thorough-bred. 



