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INDEX. 



B PAGE 



Back, ""cneral descrii'tion cf the, ifi5 



Back, proper foini ol" tlie, 31, 164 



Back, long- and short, coinparalivc ad- 

 vantages of, 165 

 Back, anaiDiiiy of the, 164 

 Back, muscles of the, 167 

 Backing- tlic colt, 22Gi 

 Backinir, a bad habit of the horse, usual 



origin of it, 334 



Back sinews, sprain of the, 240 



Back sinews, tliickciiint;' of the, consti- 

 tuting unsoundness, 365 

 Ball.=, the manner of givinsT, 3P5 

 B;ill.-i, the manner of making, 3c5 

 Barb, description of the, 9 

 Barb, comparison between, and Arabian !) 

 Barley, considered as food for horse, 355 ■ 

 Barnacles, use of tlie, as a mode of re- 

 straint, 321 

 Bar-shoe, the description and use of, 3]f)[ 

 Barrel of the horse, proper shape of the, 52| 

 Bars, description and oliice of the, 233, 

 Bars, proper paring of, for shoeing, 314 1 

 E"rs, not paring out the horn between 



them and the crust, cause of corns, 306 j 

 Bars, folly of cutting them, 284, 295, 305j 

 Bars, remoxal of, cause of contraction, 295] 

 Bars, removal of, cause of corns, 305 



Bars of the mouth, description of, 133 



Bavarian cavalry horses, anecdote of, 43 

 Bay horses, descripdon of, 377 



Beans, good for hardly-worked horses, 



that have a tendency to purge, 356 

 Beans, should always be crushed, 356 



Boaring-rein, use and abuse of the, 132 



Berners, Juliana, authoress of the first 



book on hunting, 54 



Bible, earliest history of the horse in the, 2 

 Bile, account of the, 212 



Bisliopping the teeth, description of, 144 

 Biting, a bad habit, and how usually 



acquired, 335 



Bitting of the colt, 225 



Black horses, cliaracter of, described, 377 

 Bladder, description of the, 217 



Bladder, iullainmatiou of, symptoms and 



treatment, 218 



Bladder, neck of the, 218 



Bladder, stone in the, 218 



Bladders along the under part of tlie 



tongue, 147 



Blain in the cow, 147 



Bleeding, best place for general, 130 



Bleeding, directions for, 179, 321 



Bleeding, from veins raiher than arteries, 157 

 Bleedinsr, finger should be on the pulse 



during, 171, 321 



Bleeding, importance of,in infiammation, 175 

 Bleeding at the toe described, ISl 



Bleeding, comparison between fleam and 



lancet, 180 



Blindne:--s, usual method of discovering, 94 

 Blindness, discovered by the pupil not 



dilating or contracting, 93 



Blindness, hereditary, 115 



Blindness of one eye, 94 



Blistering nil round at once, barharity 



and danger of, 323 



Blistering, after firing, absurdity of, 325 



Blisters, tiest composition of, 186, 322 



Blisters, best mode of applying, 186, 322 

 Blisters, caution wiih regard to their ap- 

 plication, 177, 387 

 Blisters, the principle of their action, 386 

 Blisters, use of, in infianunaiion, 166, 386 

 Blisters, comparison between them and 



rowels and setOns, 326 



Blood, change in, after bleeding, ISO, 322 

 Blood, changes in, during respiration, 191 

 Blood, coagulation of, 322 



Blood of the horse, drunk for food, 8 



Blood horses, very subject to contraction, 296 

 Blood spavin, nature and treatment of 



the, 179, 321 



Blue viiriol, a tonic for the horse, 339 



Boats, tlie dilFiciilty of drawing, increas- 



in.-r rapidly with the velocity, 425 



Boats, calculation of the power requisite 



to draw them, 425 



Boar-spavin, nature and treatment of, 119, 269 

 Bole-Armenian, medical use of, 386 



Bolting the food, how restrained, 339 



Bone-spavin, nature and treatment of, 269 

 Boots, singular (mcs, 7 



Bots in the stomach, natural history of, 201 

 Bots in the stomach, not usually hurtful, 202 

 Bonrnou horse, description of the, 9 



Bowels, inflammation of, symptoms and 



treatment of, 207 



Brain, description of the, 75 



Brain, innanmiation of tlie, 105 



Breadth of wheels, dependin£r on road, 440 

 Breaking-in, should commence in the 



second winter, 223 



Breaking-in, description of its various 



stages, 224 



Breaking-in, necessity of gentleness and 



patience in, 224 



Breaking-in of tlie farmer's horse, 224 



Breaking-in of the hunter and hackney, 225 

 Breaking-in, the South American, 6 



Breaking-in, cruel Arabian method of, 13 

 Breast-strap, advantages and disadvan- 



tan-es of, 422 



Breeding, on, 34, 219 



Breeding, as applied to farmers' horses, 34 

 Breeding, as applied to oilier horses, 36 



Breeding, finalities of the mare as impor- 

 tant as those of the horse, 34, 220 

 Breeding, peculiarity of form and con- 

 stitution inherited, 220 

 Breedinsr, iniiuence of good keep on the 



colt, 60 



Breeding, in and in, observations on, 221 

 Breeding districts, the same formerly as 



now, 26 



Brittleness of the hoof, remedy for, 232 



Broad and narrow wheels, comparison 



between, 437 



I'jroken back, what, 65 



Broken knees, treatment of, 241 



Broken knees, method of judging of the 



danger of, 242 



Broken knees, not unsoundness, when 

 healed ; but form and action of the 

 horse siiould be fully examined, ■i61 



