EXTINCT ANIMALS 



size of nature. They were executed by a 

 Hungarian artist for the exhibition at Buda- 

 Pesth some years ago, and we ought to have 

 such a series made now in England of samples 

 of all the best breeds. It is the only way 

 of keeping a really complete and satisfactory 

 record, and such models of known horses and 

 cattle, made to-day, would be of immense 

 interest and value in fifty years' time. But 

 they are costly things to make, and can only be 

 undertaken by the rich owners of race-horses 

 and pedigree bulls. 



Fig. 91 shows us the fore and the hind foot 

 of the horse. As is very usual with photo- 

 graphers and those who prepare drawings and 

 lantern-slides, the artist has placed the hind- 

 foot in front and the front-foot behind. The 

 hind-foot (that on the left) shows the heel-bone 

 or " hock " (the calcaneum) standing forth at 

 the top of the ankle. Below you see the three 

 bones which constitute, as in our toes and fingers, 

 what is called the digit. Then there is a long 

 bone, which is the meta-tarsal bone. In the 

 front-foot the similar bone is called the meta- 

 carpal. At the top of these are several short 

 bones jointed together ; these are the tarsus or 



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