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<z. Tlie sole of the foot. 

 l\ The horny crust. 



c. The fleshy, or sensible lami/iqe, covering the coffin-bone, the 

 horny crust being removed. 



d. The posterior lateral ligaments. 



e. The internal, or sensible frog. 



/. The branch of the nerve which supplies the fore part of the 



foot with feeling. 

 g. The lower part of the vein before the artery. 

 h. The same vein spreading over the pastern. 

 I. The continuation of the nerve, s, and proceeding downward to 



supply the back portion of the foot with feeling. 

 j. The extensors of the foot. 

 k. The deeper flexor tendon continued downward, called the 



perforans, or perforati;ig, and contained within the other. 

 /, m. The division of the nerve on the fetlock-joint. 

 n. The tendinous band in which the flexors work, 

 o. One of the flexor tendons. 

 p. The deeper flexor tendon, 

 y. The artery between the vein and nei've 

 r. The vein before the artery. 

 s. The nerve on the inside of the ofl" leg, at the tdgf of the 



shank-bone, and behind the vein and artery 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF DEFECTS OF THE FORE-LEG. 



PLATE VI. Fig. 8. 



a. The situation of sand-crack in the foot of the fore-leg, as 



described at page 162. 

 h. Representation of ring-bone when it first appears on the side 



of the pastern. See page 126. 



c. The situation of wind-gall. See page 120. 



d. The situation and appearance of the enlargement which accora- 

 ])anies sprain of the back sinews. See page 117. 



e. The ordinary position in which splint occurs on the side of the 

 shank-bone, which, however, does not produce lameness after 

 its first formation, in consequence of its not interfering with 

 the motion of the knee, nor does it injure the suspensory 

 ligament See page 114. 



