BRITISH TURF. 



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the ham-string, G, the point of the hock, H, the 



hams, I, the gullet. 



The following is the description of the skeleton 

 of the horse, as shown in the subjoined plate. 



SKELETON OF THE HORSE. 



A the head, a, the posterior maxillary or jaw- 

 bone' 6, the superior maxillary or upper jaw. The 

 small hole towards the nose, in the division m front 

 of the letter v, is the foramen, through which pass 

 the nerves and blood-vessels which chiefly supply 

 the lower part of the face ; e, the orbit, or cavity 

 in which the eye is contained ; d, the nasal bones, 

 or hones of the nose ; e, the suture dividmg the 

 parietal bones below from the occipital bones 

 above • /, the inferior maxillary hone contammg 

 the upier incisors, or cutting teeth ; B, the seven 

 cervical vertebrae, or bones of the neck ; C, the 



