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INDEX. 



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PAGK 



Kio 

 31, 1C4 

 ad- 



Radc, grencra'i description cf the, 



Buck, proper form of tlie. 



Back, long and sliort, comparativ 



vantag-cs of, 165 



Back, anatomy of the, 164 



Back, muscles of the, 167 



Backing- the colt, 226 



Backing, a bad habit of the horse, usual 



origin of it, 331 



Back sinews, sprain of the, 246 



Back sinews, tiiickening of the, consti- 

 tuting unsoundness, 365 

 Balls, tlie maimer of giving, 385 

 Balls, tlie manner of making, 385 

 Barb, description of the, 9 

 Barb, comparison between, and Arabian 9 

 Barley, considered as food for horse, 355 

 Barnacles, use of the, as a mode of re- 

 straint, 321 

 Bar-shoe, the description and use of, 318 

 Barrel of the horse, proper shape of the, 52 

 Bars, description and office of the, 283 

 Bars, proper paring of, for shoeing, 314 

 B"rs, not paring out the horn between 



them and the crust, cause of corns, 306 

 Bars, folly of cutting them, 284, 295, 305 

 Bars, removal of, cause of contraction, 295 

 Bars, removal of, cause of corns, 305 



Bars of the mouth, description of, 133 



Bavarian cavalry horses, anecdote of, 43 



Bay horses, description of, 377 



Beans, good for hardly-worked horses, 



that have a tendency to purge, 356 

 Beans, should always be crushed, 356 



Bearing-rein, use and abuse of the, 132 



Berners, Juliana, authoress of the first 



book on hunting, 54 



Bible, earliest history of the horse in the, 2 

 Bile, account of the, 

 Bishopping the teeth, description of, 

 Biting, a bad habit, and how usually 



acquired, 

 Bitting of the colt. 

 Black horses, ciiaracter of, described. 

 Bladder, description of the. 

 Bladder, inflammation of, symptoms and 



treatment, 

 Bladder, neck of the. 

 Bladder, stone in the. 

 Bladders along the under part of the 



tongue, 

 Blain in the cow. 

 Bleeding-, best place for general. 



212 

 144 



335 

 225 

 377 

 217 



218 

 218 

 218 



147 

 147 

 180 

 Bleeding, directions for, 179, 321 



Bleeding, from veins rather than arteries, 157 

 Bleedinar, finger should be on the pulse 



during, 171, 321 



Bleeding, importance of,in inflammation, 175 

 Bleeding at the toe described, 181 



Bleeding, comparison between fleam and 



lancet, ISO 



Blindness, usual method of discovering, 94 

 Blindness, discovered by the pupil not 



dilating or contracting, 93 



Blindness, hereditary, 115 



Blindness of one eye, 94 



Blistering all round at once, barbarity 



and daiiETcr of, 323 



Blistering, after firing, absurdity of, 325 



Blisters, best compositicjn of, 186, 322 



Blisters, best mode of applying, 186, 322 



Blisters, caution with regard to their :'p- 



plication, 177, 3P7 



Blisters, the principle of their action, 386 

 Blisters, use of, in inflammation, 1S6, 386 

 Blisters, comparison between them end 



rowels and setons, 326 



Blood, change in, after bleeding, 180, 322 

 Blood, changes in, during respiration, 181 

 Blood, coagulation of, 322 



Blood of the horse, drunk for food, 8 



Blood horses, very subject to contraction, 296 

 Blood spavin, nature and treatment of 



the, 179, 321 



Blue vitriol, a tonic for the horse, 389 



Boats, the difficulty of drawing, increas- 

 ing rapidly with the velocity, 425 

 Boats, calculation of the power requisite 



to draw them, 425 



Bog-spavin, nature and treatment of, 119, 269 

 Bole-Armenian, medical use of, 386 



Bolting the food, how restrained, 339 



Bone-spavin, nature and treatment of, 269 

 Boots, singular ones, 7 



Bots in the stomach, natural history of, 201 

 Bots in the stomach, not usually hurtful, 202 

 Bonrnou horse, description of the, 9 



Bowels, inflammation of, symptoms and 



treatment of, 207 



Brain, description of the, 75 



Brain, inflammation of the, 105 



Breadth of wheels, depending on road, 440 

 Breaking-in, should commence in tlie 



second winter, 223 



Breaking-in, description of its various 



stages, 224 



Breaking-in, necessity of gentleness and 



patience in, 224 



Breaking-in of the farmer's horse, 224 



Breaking-in of the hunter and liackney, 225 

 Breaking-in, the South American, 6 



Breaking-in, cruel Arabian method of, 13 

 Breast-strap, advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of, 422 

 Breeding, on, 34, 219 

 Breeding, as applied to farmers' horses, 34 

 Breeding, as applied to other horses, 31; 

 Breeding, qualities of the mare as impor- 

 tant as those of the horse, 34, 220 

 Breeding, peculiarity of form and con- 

 stitution inherited, 220 

 Breedintr, influence of good keep on the 



cJlt, 60 



Breeding, in and in, observations on, 221 

 Breeding districts, the same formerly as 



now, 26 



Brittleness of the hoof, remedy for, 282 



Broad and narrow wheels, comparison 



between, 137 



Broken back, what, 65 



Broken knees, treatment of, 241 



Broken knees, method of judging of the 



danger of, 242 



Broken knees, not unsoundness, when 

 liealed ; but form and action of tlie 

 horse should be fully examined. ^1 



