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INDEX. 



Grease, caxise of, 278 



■jrreuse, farmei s horse not so subject to, 277 

 Grease, g-encrally a mere local complaint, 277 

 Greece, domestication of the horse in, 3 



Greece, horse introduced in, from Egypt, 4 

 Grey horses, an account of the different 



snades of, 375 



Grinders, construction of the, 139 



Grinding- of the food, accomplished by 



the mechanism of the joint of the 



lower jaw, 136 



Grogginess, account of, 252 



Grooming, as important as exercise to 



the horse, 

 Grooming, opens the pores of the skin, 



and gives a fine coat, 

 Grooming, directions for, 

 Grunter, description of the, 

 Grunter, the, is unsound, 

 Guinea coast, the horse of the, 

 Gullet, description of the, 

 Gullet, foreign bodies in the, 

 Gutia Serena, nature and treatment of. 



350 



H 



Habits, vicious or dangerous, 



Hackney, description of the, 



Hackney, proper action of the, 



Hair, account of the, 



Hair, question of cutting, from the heels, 279 



Hall, Bishop, on breeding, 34 



Hamilton, the Duke of, tlic Clydesdale 



horses owe their origin to, 40 



HarnessinsT, the best mode of, as regards 



draiight, 417 



Harnessinsr, method of, in the time of 



Homer, 

 Haunch, description of the, 

 Haunch, advantage of wide, 

 Haunch, injuries of the. 

 Haunch-joint, singular strength of the. 

 Haunch and thigh bones, advantage of 



the oblique direction of. 

 Haw, curious mechanism of the. 

 Haw, diseases of liie. 

 Haw, absurdity and cruelty of destroy- 



Heart, dropsy of the, 



Hebor's, Bishop, account of the Arabian, 



Heels, question of cutting the h lir from, 



Heels, low, disadvantage of, 



Heels, proper paring of, for shoeing, 



Heck, washing the, produces grease. 



Hellebore, white, used in inflammation 



of the lungs and fevers, 

 Helmsley Arabian, account of the. 

 Hemlock, sometimes poisonous 

 Hemlock, in inflammation of the chest, 

 Henry VHI., tyrannical regulations con- 

 cerning the horse by, 

 Henry VHI., tiie breed of the horse not 



materially improved by, 

 Hereditary diseases, on, 35, 115, 



Hernia, nature and treatment of, 

 Hide-bound, nature and treatment of, 

 Highblower, description of the, 

 Highblower, the, is unsound. 

 Highland poney, description of the. 

 Hind-legs, description of the. 

 Hind-legs, arteries, veins, and nerves of. 

 Hind-wheels, should follow the precise 

 track of the fore ones, 

 330|I Hip-joint, great strength of the, 

 30, 33j Hips, ragged, what, 



30 Hissar, the East India Company's sale 

 372 1 of horses at, 



Holibles, description of the best. 

 Hock, advantage of its numerous sepa- 

 rate bones and ligaments, 

 Hock, capped, 255, 



Hock, cow. 



Hock, description of the. 

 Hock, enlargement of the, nature of, and 

 how affecting soundness, 257, 



Hock, inflammation of the small bones 

 of the, frequent cause of lameness, 

 Hock, the principal seat of lameness be- 

 hind the. 

 Hock, point of the, advantage of length 



in the, 

 Homer, method of harnessing- horses in 



Hay, considered as food, 357 



Hay, mowburnt, injurious, 357 



Hay, old, preferable to new, 357 



Head, anatomy of the, G6 



Head, reason of the numerous bones 



composing the, 67 



Head, cut of the bones of the, 67 



Head, section of tlie, 63 



Head, importance of proper setting on 



of the, 51,155 



Head, its shape, indicating the breed, 67 

 Head, beautiful provision for its support, 72 

 Head, Captain, his account of the South 



American horse, 5 



Hearing of the horse very acute, 77 



Heavy black horses, account of, 42 



Heavy black horses, their preparation for | 



iheir work, 40 



Fleart, description of the, 171 



Heart, its action described, 172 



Heart, inflammation of the, 172[ 



the time of. 

 Hoof, cut of the. 

 Hoof, description of the. 

 Horizontal direction of the traces, when 



proper, 

 Horn of the crust, secreted principally 



by the coronary ligament, 

 Horn of the crust, once separated from 

 the sensible part within, will never 

 again unite. 

 Horse, the American, description of, 

 " " Arabian, description of, 

 " " not the native of Arabia, 

 " " English, under Athelstan, 

 " " Barb, description of, 

 " " Bournou, description of, 

 " " cavalry, 

 " " and chariot races formed part 



of the Olympic games, 

 " " annual expense of, 

 " " Chinese, description of, 

 " " Circassian, description of, 

 " " was trained to draught before 

 he was mounted, 



257 

 256 



15 



320 



276 

 273 

 274 

 256 



363 



272 



267 



272 



421 

 233 

 231 



424 



281 



