INDEX 



Action of the hackney de- 

 scribed, 15 



Action, importance of, 20 



Advantages of cUpping, 223 



Age, 333 



Animals, the most timid, hardest 

 to tame, 5 



Arabia, three classes of horses 

 in, 9 



Bangs and blows, treatment of, 



266 

 Barmaid, a favourite hunter, 



care of, 184 

 Beans, proper allowance of, for 



hunter, 58 

 Bleeding, importance of, in lung 



congestion, 166 

 Blindness, general observations 



on, 270 

 Blistering, observations on, 103 



its uses, etc., 268 



Bran mashes, use and abuse of, 



94 



Breeding, the principles of, well 

 understood by Virgil and 

 Pliny, 1 1 



no branch of rural economy 



more neglected than, 20S 



Broken knees, remarks on, 267 



Broken wind, caused by im- 

 proper use of hay, 96 



considerations on, 264 



Canter, the favourite pace of 



road riders, 19 

 Capped hocks, notice of, 280 

 Catarrh or cold, treatment of, 



281 

 Clipper, the, 14 

 Clipping hunters, considerations 



on, 195 

 advantages of, 231 



Clipping hunters, benefits result- 

 ing from, 229 



disadvantages of, 243 



Colt, treatment of, 211 



Combe, Mr Harvey, a convert 

 to the indoor system of 

 summering hunters, 236 



Condition, preliminary remarks 

 on, 22 



Dr Johnson'sdefinitionof,25 



importance of, 26 



the effect of, 23 



the work of time only, 55 



the beneficial consequences 



of good, 61 



Conformation of the hunter, 331 



Contracted feet of " Hermit," 

 a hunter, 134 



Corns, nature and treatment of, 

 279 



Crib-biting, 280 



Curbs, nature and treatment of, 

 277 



Cutting, causes, etc., 285 



Cyrus, devotedness of, to horses 

 and horsemanship, 10 



Diet, essential point to be at- 

 tended to, 58 

 Disease, navicular, 140 

 Diuretics, use and abuse of, 286 

 Divine wisdom, infinity of, i 

 Docking, 285 



Eleanor, performances and 

 produce of, 12 



English horses, the breed of, 

 improved by William the 

 Conqueror, 1 1 



Equestrian art, by whom first 

 cultivated, 8 



Evacuation, periodical, neces- 

 sary to preserve health, 117 



