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lines the air passages, and the serous membrane the joints 

 and abdominal cavities. 



Memory. — However greatly opinions may differ regarding 

 the intelligence of a horse, no one who knows the equine 

 race is likely to deny it the possession of a most remarkable 

 memory. Most owners have a personal experience of the 

 extraordinary aptitude a horse displays for finding his way 

 home along a dark road, even though he may only have 

 travelled along it once or twice ; and cases innumerable have 

 been reported of horses remembering their old stalls in a 

 stable from which they have been absent for years. Still 

 more defined is a horse's memory of a place at which he 

 has been pulled up, the habits of many a servant having 

 become known to his master through his horse's disinclination 

 to pass the man's favourite houses of call, owing to his 

 having been stopped at them before. (See Brain, Instinct, 

 Intelligence^ 



Metacarpal Bone. — The cannon bone of the fore-leg. 

 Metatarsal Bone. — The cannon bone of the hind-leg. 



Mice should never be permitted to exist in a stable, as 

 sooner or later they find their way into the corn bin, and long 

 before that they get amongst the hay. Not only do they 

 consume a good deal of grain, but they spoil far more than 

 they consume by their evacuations, and hence a reliable cat 

 is a necessity in every stable. (See Cats^ 



Midriff. — See Diaphragm. 



Mildew is one of the most common of the parasitic fungi 

 which appear on growing grain or plants. It takes the form 

 of dark spots, which eat their way into the plant and turn 

 the part attacked into a black powder. (See Bunt, Ergot, 

 Mouldy Forage, Rust, Smut.) 



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