PLATE VI. 



FIG. 1 represents the hoof of a horse contracted in 

 the heels by bad shoeing. 



Fig. 2 represents the hoof of a colt, of which the quar- 

 ters and heels are the widest parts. 



Fig. 3 gives a viqw of the hoof when shod. 



Fig. 4 gives a section of the hoof, describing the lami- 

 nated fibres of its inward surface, correspond- 

 ing with those of the coffin bone. 



