470 



INDEX. 



Water conveyance, power in, increases 



aa the cube of the velocity, 425 



Water dropwort, poisonous, 200 



Water hemlock, " 200 



Water parsley, " 200 



Wax used in charges and plasters, 402 



Weakness of the foot, what, 310 



Weaving, indicating an irritable temper, 



and no cure for it, 345 



Weight, calculation of the power of the 



38 

 11,48 



58 

 355 

 355 



horse to overcome, 

 Wellesley Arabian, account of the, 

 Welsh pony, description of the, 

 Wheat, as food for the horse. 

 Wheat, inconvenience and danger of, 

 Wheels, the principle on which they act 



explained, 431, 433, 446 



Wheels, effect of increasing diameter of, 431 

 Wheels, no record of the time invented, 432 

 Wheels, spoked, known to Homer, 432 



Wheels, little improvement in principle 



of, from the earliest times, 433 



Wheels, principle of, on a level surface, 433 

 Wheels, theory of the degree of friction 



attending, 433, 446 



Wheels, friction of, on the axle, depend- 

 ent on the material employed, 434 

 Wheels, various forms of, 436 

 Wheels, dishing of, described, 436 

 Wheels, dishing, advantages of, 437, 447 

 Wheels, conical and flat, effects of, 403, 437 

 Wheels, obliquely placed, 437 

 Wheels, narrow and broad, compared, 437 

 Wheels, conical, strange degree of fric- 

 tion and dragging with, 438 

 Wheels, conical, travelling grindstones, 438 

 Wheels, cylindrical, best form of, 440, 446 

 Wheels, cylindrical, described, round- 

 ing of the edges, 440, 447 

 Wheels, cylindrical, but influenced by 



the state of the road, 440 



Wheels, hind, should follow the precise 



track of the fore ones, 440, 441 



Wheels, their effect on the road, 440, 446 

 Wheels, straddlers, their effect, 441 



Wheels, proper breadth of, 441 



Wheels, Jones's patent, description of, 441 



T\ar.f[ fiOL. 



Wheels, with cast iron naves, 442 



Wheels, size of, ^ 442, 446 



Wheels, advantage of large front, 442 



Wheels, slightly convex in centre, 447 



Wheels, arrangement of the spokes of, 447 

 Wheezer, description of the, 196 



Whipping sound, cruelty of, 37 



Whisperer, his power over the horse, 332 

 Whistler, description of the, 196 



Whistler, is unsound, 362 



White Turk, account of the, 28 



White lead, use of, 394 



White vitriol, in veterinary practice, 402 

 Wild horse, description of the, 5, 11 



William the Conqueror, improvement in 



the English horse by 24 



Wind-broken, nature and treatment of, 194 

 Wind-galls, nature and treatment of, 248, 255 

 Wind-galls, unsoundness when lameness 



is caused, or is likely to be, 366 



Windpipe, description of the, 46, 159 



Windpipe, prominent and loose, 159 



Windpipe, opening the, 162 



Wind-sucking, nature of, and remedy, 341 

 Wind, thick, nature and treatment of, 193 

 Wiring-in of the heels, 293 



Witliers, description of the, 154, 166 



Withers, high, advantage of, 167 



Withers, fistulous treatment of, 163 



Wolves' teeth, what, 140 



Work of the horse, should not exceed 



six hours per diem, 415 



Worms, treatment of, 210 



Wounds in the feet, treatment of, 303 



Wounds in the mouth, treatment of, 151 



Yellows, symptoms and treatment of, 213 

 Yew, the leaves of, poisonous, 200 



Yielding resistance, the effect of, in 



neutralizing impetus, 414 



Zoological classification of the horse, 61 

 Zygomatic arch, reason of the strong 



construction of the, 71 



Zygomaticus muscle, description of the, 119 



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