INDEX. 



461 



35 



18 

 24 

 10 

 21 

 2 



3 



3 



4 

 15 



8 



22 

 33 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 345 1 

 19' 

 10 



rAGE 



Horse, the coach, proper form, qualities, 

 breed of, 

 " " CossacJc, description of, 

 " " neglected by the Crusaders, 

 " " Doiigola, description of, 

 " '' Dutch, description of, 

 " " early history of, 

 " " when first domesticated in 



Egypt and Canaan, 

 " " not domesticated until after 



many other animals, 

 " " propagated from Egypt to 



other countries, 

 " " East Indian, description of, 

 " " flesh of, eaten, 

 " " English, history of, 

 " " farmers', description of, 

 " " Finland, description of, 

 " " Flemish, description of, 

 " " French, description of, 

 •' " general management of, 

 " " German, description of, 

 " " of the Gfuinea coast, 

 " " heavy black, description of, 377 

 " " for heavy draught, 38 



" , " tyrannical regulations in re- 

 gard to, by Henry VIII. 

 " " hiring, early regulations of, 

 *' " Hungarian, description of, 

 " " Iceland, description of, 

 " " Italian, description of, 

 " " much improved by John, 

 " " Lombardy, when introduced 



into England, 

 •' " market, first account of, 

 " " native country of, uncertain, 

 " " Norwegian, description of, 

 " " Persian, description of, 

 " " English, not used in early 



times for the plough, 

 " *' power, calculation of, 37, 403, 416 

 •' " power, depending on circum- 



\ stances continually varying, 403 

 " " power, varying with speed, 



Table of, 416 



" " power compared with that of 



steam-engine on railways, 405 

 •' " power compared with steam- 

 engine on common roads, 407 

 •' " power, mechanically consid- 

 ered, superior to artificial, 410 

 " " power, tliere is yet no prac- 

 tical substitute for, 409 

 " " price of, in Solomon's time, 4 

 " " prices of, at divers periods, 23-26 

 " '• sagacity of, 32 

 " " can see almost in darkness, 92 

 «* " South American, described, 5 

 " " S. American, instinct, &c., of, 

 " " management of, in S. America, 6 

 " " Spanish, description of, 21 

 * " Spanish, first introduced in 



Britain, 25 



" " Swedish, description of, 20 



" " Tartarian, description of, 8, 18 

 " ■' English, thorough-bred, su- 

 perior to the Arabian, 44 

 •• " Toorkorman, description of, 17 



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Horse, the Turkish, description of, 19 

 " " wild, description of, 5 

 " " English, improved by Wil- 

 liam the Conqueror, 24 

 " " zoological description of, 62 

 " " heavy, exposed to grease, 278 

 Horses, immense number of, in armies 



of ancient eastern monarchs, 2 

 Horses, numerous in Britain at the inva- 

 sion of the Romans, 22 

 Howell the Good, his laws respecting 



the horse, 23 



Hungarian horse, description of the, 19 



Hunter, the, general account of, 50 



" " proper degree of blood in, 51 



" " proper form of, 51 



" " spirit of, 54 



" " anecdotes of, 54 



" " management of, 53 



" " symptoms of distress in, 55 



" " management of, in distress, 55 



" " summering of, 56 



Hunting, the earliest book on, written 



by a lady, 54 



Hunting-shoe, description of the, 318 

 Hyde Park, races established in, by 



Charles I. 28 



Hydrothorax, treatment of, 184 



Iceland horse, description of the, 20 



Ileum, description of the, 204 



Inflammation, nature of, 174 



Inflammation, treatment of, 175 



Inflammation, hot or cold applications 



to, guide in the choice of. 

 Inflammation, importance of bleeding in, 175 

 Inflammation, when proper to physic in, 175 

 Inflammation of the bladder, 217 



Inflammation of the bowels, 207 



Inflammation of the bowels, distinction 



between, and colic. 

 Inflammation of the brain, 

 Inflammation of the eye. 

 Inflammation of the foot. 

 Inflammation of the kidneys, 

 Inflammation of the liver. 

 Inflammation of the lungs. 

 Inflammation of the stomach. 

 Inflammation of the veins. 

 Influenza, nature and treatment of. 

 Infusions, manner of making them. 

 Inoculation, the best test of the exist- 

 ence of glanders. 

 Intercostal muscles, description of the, 

 Intestines, description of the. 

 Intestines, diseases of the, 

 Intus-susception of the intestines, 

 Invertebrated animals, what. 

 Iodine, useful in enlarged glands, 

 Iranee horse, description of the. 

 Iris, description of the, 

 Irish horse, description of the. 

 Iron, carbonate of, a useful tonic. 

 Iron, sulphate of, a stronger tonic. 

 Iron, sulphate of, for curing glanders, 

 Italian horse, description of the. 

 Itchiness of the skin, suspicious. 



176 



208 

 105 

 113 

 289 

 216 

 213 

 182 

 200 

 158 

 189 

 393 



124 



170 



203 



205 



207 



62 



393 



15 



94 



61 



394 



394 



394 



21 



380 



