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INDEX. 



Effect of the horse's labour, limited by 



his velocity and his power, 415 



Egypt, early doinesiication of the horse 



in, 3, 4 



Egypt, horse propagated from, to other 



countries, 4, 9 



Egypt, horse not known in, at the time 



of Abraham, 3 



Elasticity in construction of carriaees, 

 diilercnce between longitudinal 

 and in any other direction, 446, 449 

 Elbow, advantage of depth of, 236, 237 



Elbow, capped, 237 



Elbow, fracture of, 237 



Elbow, punctured, 237 



Elder, in the composition of an emolli- 

 ent ointment, 392 

 Elgin marbles, proportions of the horses 



unfaithfully represented on, 412 



Elizabeth, Queen, number and value of 

 horses much diminished in her 

 reign, 27 



Elizabeth, Queen, a staunch huntress, 54 

 Emetic tartar, used as a nauseant, dia- 

 phoretic, and worm medicine, 384 

 Enamel of the teeth, account of the, 138 

 Enigmatical account of the horse, 27 



English horse, history of the, 22 



English horse, first crossed by Romans, 22 

 English horse, improved by Athelstan, 22 

 English horse, improved by William the 



Conqueror, 24 



English horse, improved by John, 25 



English horses, not used for the plough 



in early times, 23 



;Entanglement of the intestines, descrip- 

 tion of, 207 

 'Epidemic catarrh, nature and treatment 



of, 189 



1 Epidemic, malignant, nature and treat- 

 ment of, 191 

 Epilepsy, natvire and treatment of, 108 

 Epsom salts, used as a purgative, 212, 395 

 'Ethmoid bone, description of the, 74 

 lEustachian tube, use of the, 82 

 Ewe-neck, unsightliness and inconve- 

 nience of, 51, 156 

 (Exchanges of horses, stand on the same 



ground as sales, 368 



Exercise, directions for, 352 



Exercise, necessity of regular, 351 



Exercise, want of, producing grease, 279 

 'Exercise, more injury done by the want 



of, than by the hardest work, 351 



Exmoor poney, description of the, 58 



Expansion shoe, use of the, 319 



Kxpense of horse, calculation of the an- 

 nual, 406 

 lExtensor pedis muscle, description of 



tiie, 237, 263 



Kxtract of lead, the use of it much over- 

 valued, 394 

 ".Eye, description of the, g ' 84 

 Eye, cut of the, 89 

 Eye, healthy appearance of the, 84 

 Eye, inflammation of, common, specific, 113 

 Eye, cauBcfl of inflammation of the, 1 15 

 Eye, treatment of inflammation of, 114, 116 



Eye, untractable nature of inflammation 



of the, ll4 



Eye, consequences of inflammation of, 116 



Eye, marks of recent inflammation of, 115 

 Eye, inflammation of the, constitutes 



unsoundtiess, 363 

 Eye, inflammation of the, when most 



likely to appear, 114 

 Eye, inflammation of the, hereditary, 115 

 Eye, method and importance of exam- 

 ining the, 90 

 Eye, indicative of the temper, 84 

 Eye, pit above the, indicates the age, 67 

 Eye, muscles of the, 98 

 Eye, wounds of the, 112 

 Eye-brows, substitute for, 85 

 Eye-lashes, description of, 85 

 Eye-lashes, folly of singeing them, 86 

 Eye-lid, description of, 85, 86 



Face, description of the, 117 



Face, cut of the muscles, nerves, and 



blood-vessels of the, 119 



Falling in of the foot, what, 292 



False quarter, nature and treatment of, 301 

 Farcy, a disease of the absorbents of the 



skin, 128 



Farcy, connected with glanders, 128 



Farcy, both generated and infectious, 129 

 Farcy, symptoms of, 129 



Farcy, treatment of, 130 



Farcy-buds, what, 129 



Farmer's horse, description of the, 33 



Farmer's horse, not injured by draught, 33 

 Farmer's series, sketch of the object of the, 1 

 Feeding, high, connected with grease, 279 

 Feeding, regular periods of, necessity of 



attending to, 104, 359 



Feeding, manner of, has much influence 



on broken-wind, 194 



Feeling of the mouth, constant, indis- 

 pensable in the good rider, 31 

 Feet, good, importance of, in the hunter, 52 

 Feet, good, general management of, 360 

 Feet, good, attention to and stopping at 



night, recommended, 260 



Felt soles, description and use of, 319 



Fetlock, description of the, 252 



Fever, idiopathic or pure, 177 



Fever, idiopathic, symptoms of, 177 



Fever, symptomatic, 178 



Fibula, description of the, 263 



Finland horse, description of the, 20 



Firing, mode of applying, 329 



Firing, should be in longitudinal or 



parallel lines, 325 



Firing, should not penetrate the skin, 324 

 Firing, absurdity and cruelty of blister- 

 ing after, 325 

 Firing, horse should not be used for 



some months after, 424 



Firing, advantage of, over blistering, 326 

 Fistula lachrymalis, 87 



Fistula in the poll, 162 



Fistulous withers, treatment of, 168 



Fits, symptoms, causes, and treatnccnt 



of, IM 



