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Circumferential Fitting 4.47 



Surface Fitting ----- 448 



Hot and Cold Fitting - - - - 449 



Clips 449 



Nailing On the Shoe 450 



eoughing 451 



Injuries from Shoeing 452 



Nails 453 



Clips - - - - 453 



Uneven Pressure of the Shoe --- 453 



" Cutting " or " Interfering " 455 



Over-reach ----.-...... 457 



Clacking or Forging -- -- 457 



Section XIII.— THE TRANSIT OF HORSES 



Sea Carriage - . . 461 



Diet - 4C)3 



Medicines - 463 



Horse Boats 463 



Land Carriage 464 



Section XIV.— THE HORSE AND ITS POSITION IN THE 

 ANIMAL WORLD 



The Horse of the Present and the Past ------ 471 



Special Features in Structure - 434 



Bony Framework ------..-.- 485 



Muscular System -- -- 490 



The Head 492 



Colour - - - 495 



Size - . ^ . 496 



The Ass- - - - - 496 



Zebras - - - - 496 



Skin Markings and Callosities of the Horse 497 



Skin Markings - - 497 



Callosities (Chestnuts and Ergots) -.....-- 500 



False Nostrils and Guttural Pouches 508 



F'ossil Ancestors of the Horse 509 



