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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



inches long-. One of them goes between the front legs and 

 buckles in a buckle on belt A, and the other goes between 

 the hind legs and buckles on belt C, shown in Fig. 56, This 

 belt is 6 inches wide and 4 feet long, and has rings and 

 chains like those on belt A. It has also a buckle in the 

 center. 



Fig. 55 —The Belly Belt. 



In Fig. 57 the swing is shown in position on a horse. L 

 in the engraving denotes a pullej" wheel about 4 feet in di- 

 ameter, with a groove in it large enough to allow a f-inch 

 rope to be wound around it five or six times. K is a shaft 

 about 6 inches in diameter and 5 feet long. The wheel L is 

 fj^stened to this shaft with a gudgeon of l|-inch iron. H,H, 



