290 THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS 



TO ME AS UNSOUND ; and, as I assert this in the face 

 of the world it is fair to assume that my assertion is 

 correct. Perhaps it may be asked what has this to 

 do with the present subject — that of humours ? My 

 answer is, I kept my horses clean in their habits, and, 

 barring accidents, consequently sound. 



LAMPAS 



This term is employed to indicate a fulness of the 

 palate immediately behind the upper incisors. 



Normally, it is very full during the cutting of the 

 incisors, and very erroneous opinions are entertained 

 as to its being a cause of a horse not taking his food 

 properly. The criminal practice of burning the 

 lampas has long been abolished, and rightly so, being 

 as cruel as it was useless. If the gums need lancing 

 at all this must be left to a M.R.C.V.S. 



LEGS (big) 



What is termed a big leg, is generally the result 

 of swelling taking place in the sheath of tendons after 

 violent strains, and those, perhaps, not properly 

 treated ; also from blows, where the parts become 

 lined by a thick coat of lymph ; also from a deposition 

 of morbid fluid in the cells of bones. The bones 

 themselves, indeed, sometimes become thick from 

 external injuries — that is to say, the body of the 

 bone is occasionally found thickened from a deposi- 

 tion of bony lamina over the original bone. Again, 

 I read, that bones will sometimes lose their vitality, 

 and the neighbouring vessels will take on the ossific 



