INDEX. 



401 



Horae ihe coach, proper form, qualities, | 

 breed of, 35 j 



" " Cossack, description of, 18 



" " neglected by tlie Crusaders, 2A\ 

 •' " Dongola, description of, 10 



" " Dutch, description of, 21 



" " early liistory of, 2 



" " when first domesticated in 



Egypt and Canaan, 3 



" " not domesticated until after 



many other animals, 3 



" " propagated from Egypt to 



other countries, 4 



" " East Indian, description of, 15 

 " " flesh of, eaten, 8 



" " English, history of, 22 



" " fanners', description of, 33 



" " Finland, description of, 20 



" " Flemish, description of, 21 



" " French, description of, 21 



" " general management of, 345 



" " German, description of, 19 



" " of the Guinea coast, 10 



" " heavy black, description of, 377 

 " " for heavy draught, 38 



" " tyrannical regulations in re- 

 gard to, by Henry VI !I. 26 

 " " hiring, early regulations of, 23 

 " " Hungarian, description of, 19 

 " " Iceland, description of, 20 

 " " Italian, description of, 21 

 " " much improved by John, 25 

 " " Lombardy, when introduced 



into Entrland, 25 



" " market, first account of, 24 



" " native country of, uncertain, 24 

 " " Norwegian, description of, 20 

 " " Persian, description of, 16 



" " English, not used in early 



times for the plough, 23 



" " power, calculation of, 37, 403, 416 

 " " power, depending on circum- 

 stances continually varying, 403 

 " " power, varying with speed, 



Table of, 416 



" " power compared with that of 



steam-engine on railways, 405 

 " " power compared with steam- 

 engine on common roads, 407 

 " " power, mechanically consid- 

 ered, superior to artificial, 410 

 " " power, there is yet no prac- 

 tical substitute for, 409 

 " " price of, in Solomon's time, 4 

 " " prices of, at divers periods, 23-26 

 " " sagacity of, 32 

 " " can see almost in darkness, 92 

 •* " South American, described, 5 

 " " S. American, instinct, «S:c., of, 5 

 " " management of, in S. America, 6 

 " " Spanish, description of, 21 

 ' " Spanish, first introduced in 



Britain, 25 



" " Swedish, description of, 20 



" " Tartarian, description of, 8, 18 

 " ■' English, thorough-bred, su- 

 perior to the Arabian, 44 

 * " Toorkorman, description of, 17 



Horse, the Turkish, description of, 19 

 " " wild, description of, 5 

 " " English, improved by Wil- 

 liam the Conqueror. 24 

 " " zoological description of, 62 

 " " heavy, exposed to grease, 278 

 Horses, immense number of, in armies 



of ancient eastern monarchs, 3 

 Horses, numerous in Britain at the inva- 

 sion of the Romans, 22 

 Howell the Good, his laws respecting 



the horse, 23 



Hungarian horse, description of the, 19 



Hunter, the, general account of, 50 



" " proper degree of blood in, 51 



" " proper form of, 51 



" " spirit of, 54 



" " anecdotes of, 54 



" " management of, 53 



" " symptoms of distress in, 55 



" " management (jf, in distress, 55 



" " summering of, 56 



Hunting, the earliest book on, written 



by a lady, 54 



Hunting-shoe, description of the, 313 

 Hyde Park, races established in, by 



Charles I. 28 



Hydrothorax, treatment of, 184 



Iceland horse, description of the, 20 



Ileum, description of the, 204 



Inflammation, nature of, 174 



Inflammation, treatment of, 175 

 Inflammation, hot or cold applications 



to, guitie in the choice of, 176 



Inflammation, importance of bleeding in, 175 



Inflammation, when proper to physic in, 175 



Inflammation of the bladder, 217 



Inflammation of the bowels, 207 

 Inflammation of the bowels, distinction 



between, and colic, 208 

 Inflammation of the brain, 105 

 Inflammation of the eye, 113 

 Inflammation of the foot, 289 

 Inflammation of the kidneys, 216 

 Inflammation of the liver, 213 

 Inflammation of the lungs, 182 

 Inflammation of the stomach, 200 

 Inflammation of the veins, 158 

 Influenza, nature and treatment of, 189 

 Infusions, manner of making them, 393 

 Inoculation, the best test of the exist- 

 ence of glanders, 124 

 Intercostal muscles, description of the, 170 

 Intestines, description of the, 203 

 Intestines, diseases of the, 205 

 Intus-susception of the intestines, 207 

 Invertebrated animals, what, 62 

 Iodine, useful in enlarged glands, 393 

 Iranee horse, description of the, 15 

 Iris, description of the, 94 

 Irish horse, description of the, 61 

 Iron, carbonate of, a useful tonic, 394 

 Iron, sulphate of, a stronger tonic, 394 

 Iron, sulphate of, for curing glanders, 394 

 Italian horse, description of the, 21 

 Itchiness of the skin, susjiicious, 380 



