(343) 



INDEX. 



A, 



Abscesses, 32-^. 



Abyssinian camels, 276, 277. 



Accidents in slint^inj; horses, 259. 



Adjustable side liars, 180. 



Adthai tree, poisonous to camels, 288. 



Adulteration of bran, 99. 



Aftermath hay, 112. 



Afterwale of collar, 205, 206. 



Age of camels, 277, 278. 



,, ,, horses, 35. 



,, ,, ,, for service, 29, 



,, ,, ,, dates of, 37. 



,, ,, mules, 271. 



,, ,, oxen, 295-298. 

 Air, composition of, 49. 



,, changes during breathing, ii. 



,, contact with blood in lungs, 9, 10, 

 II. 



,, direction of, in stable, 51. 



,, and respiration, 50. 



,, to test purity of, 51. 



,, temperature of, in stable, 50. 

 Air funnels, for horse ships, 248. 

 Air line, picketing, 143. 

 Air pannels, saddle, 181. 

 Air vesicles, 11. 

 Alfa grass, 287, 

 Alfalfa, no, 115. 

 Algerian hay, 1 15. 

 Alsike clover, 109. 

 Alterations to collars, 208, 209, 210. 

 ,, for side bar injuries, 188. 



Amaneh, a camel fodder, 286. 



American army shoe, 245. 



,, maize, 95. 



,, mule trains, 273. 



Amount of food, 122. 



,, ,, green food, 116, 117. 

 Anatomy defined. 

 Annual meadow grais, 106. 

 Anthrax, 316. 

 Antiseptics, use of, 326. 

 Anvil, smHhs', 233. 

 Aorla, 9. 



Appearances of health, 304.. 

 Arab horse-shoes, 245.. 

 Arabian camels, 276, 277'. 

 Arches, saddle, 165. 



,, ,, front, 165. 



,, ,, injuries from, 187, 194. 



,, ,. materials for, 165. 



,, ,, measurements of, 166. 



,, ,, " points" of, 166. 



,, ,, rear, 167. 



,, ,, steel, 166. 



,, ,, strain on, 165. 



,, ,, wooden, 165. 



Arm, region of 20. 



,, conformation of, 27. 

 Army horse-shoe, 244. 

 Aroma of hay, 1 14. 

 Arrangement of stables, 47. 

 Arteries, 7. 



,, originating from heart, 8. 

 Artificial hay, 104. 

 Artillery, pace on march, 136. 

 Aspect of stables, 46. 

 Asphalt floors, 49. 



