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INDEX. 



Atmospheric conditions affecting skin of 



back, 193. 

 Attachment of girth, 175. 

 Auricles of heart, 8. 

 Aus, a camel fodder, 286. 

 Australian oats, 91. 

 Austrian army shoe, 244. 

 Avoidance of excitement at work, 134. 



B. 



Back, the, 19, 25. 



,, changes in shape of, 161. 



,, injury from wasting of, 184. 



,, in saddle fitting, 176. 



,, muscle pad of, 158. 



,, ,, of, in relation to saddle, 161. 



,, muscles, wasting of, 161. 



,, protection of, from saddle, 1 71. 



,, shapes of, 25, 154, 160. 



,, skin of, 159. 



,, structure of, 152, 153. 



,, tendons, 20. 

 Back at the knee, 27. 

 Back pritchelling of shoes, 235. 

 Backbone, 153. 



,, the ridge of, 153. 

 ,, the spines of, 160. 

 Bactrian camels, 276. 

 Bad saddling, 182. 

 Bails, stable, 55. 



,, „ height of, 55. 



,, ,, varieties of, 55. 



,, ,, for kickers, 82. 

 Bajri, a millet, 102. 

 Balance of weight on saddle, 188, 189, 



199. 

 Bald face, 32. 

 Baled hay, 1 15. 

 Balling horses, 308. 

 Bamboo leaves as fodder, 116, 118. 

 Bandages, 71, 306. 



,, for wounds, 327. 



Bandages, materials for, 72. 

 ,, to put on, 72, 306. 

 to roll, 73. 

 Banging the tail, 63. 

 Bar attachment for head chains, 75. 

 Barley, analysis of. 88. 

 ,, boiled, 120, 121. 

 ,, characteristics of, 96. 

 ,, crushing, 96,97, 120. 

 ,, digestion of, 96. 

 ,, feeding on, 96. 

 ,, for camels, 285. 

 ,, ,, mules, 272. 



,, oxen, 299. 

 ,, grasses, 109. 

 ,, green, 116. 



parching, 97.^ 

 ,, straw, analysis of, 88. 

 ,, ,, as bedding, 77. 



,, weight of, 96. 

 Barrel, conformation of, 26. 

 Barren brome, 108. 

 ,, fescue, 108. 

 Bars of the hoof, 219. 

 Barsati, 323. 



Bass brooms on horse ships, 262. 

 Bay horses, 30. 

 Beans, 99. 



,, analysis, 88. 

 ,, as camel food, 286. 

 ,, defects of, 100. 

 ,, feeding on, 100. 

 ,, Java, 100. 

 ,. meal gruel, 103. 

 ,, splitting of, 100, 120. 

 ,, straw analysis, 88. 

 ,, varieties of, 100. 

 ,, weevils in, 100. 

 ,, weight of, 99. 

 Bearded wheat grass, 108. 

 Bearing surface of foot, 227. 

 Beating of the heart, 9. 

 Bed sores, 307. 

 Bedding, 76. 



