458 ESSAYS ann OBSERVATIONS 
that I might fhun the rearing my whole 
weight, by the force of the weakened gaffro- 
cnemet muicles; and to prevent the accident 
of {training them, in cafe the horfe ftumbled, 
I kept the left foot deep in the ftirrup. In 
walking up hill, I put that foot a-crofs ; and, 
in fhort, guarded againft every other ftretch- 
ing ftep or motion. 
On comparing the fize of the calf of the 
two legs at prefent, the left one is a little 
{maller than the right one, efpecially in the 
morning ; but fo little, that it is fcarce per- 
ceptible: thro’ the day, the difference be- 
comes lefs.—The tendo Achillis that was bro- 
ken, is, as moft other tendons cured after 
breaking, confiderably thicker and harder 
than the other ; but one muft be told it is fo, 
before he can difcover it by the eye. 
ART. 
