INDEX. 



345 



Bedding, Continental system of, 79-80. 

 ,, notes on, 79. 

 ,, objects of, 76. 

 ,, to make up, 77. 

 „ varieties of, 76, ']'], 78. 

 Belly, 13. 

 Bent grass, 107. 

 Bhusa, 119. 



,, for camels, 285-288. 

 ,, ,, oxen, 299, 300. 

 Bile, 14, 15. 



Bilge keels on transports, 247. 

 Birdsfoot trefoil, 109. 

 Biscuit as horse food, 139. 

 Bishoping the teeth, 44. 

 Bit injuries, 329. 

 Biting, a stable vice, 81. 

 Blackhead, a weed, iii. 

 Black horses, 31. 

 Bladder, the, 16. 

 Blade-bone in saddle fitting, 176. 

 ,, movements of, 158. 



,, test for pressure on, 164, 168, 



178. 

 Blankets, 69. 



,, saddle, 172. 



„ and saddle fitting, 177. 



,, saddle, how kept in position, 



173- 

 „ ,, how to fold, 173, 174, 



175- 

 ,, ,, uses of, 172. 



Blaze on the face, 32. 

 Bleached oats, 93. 

 Bleeding, stoppage of, 326. 

 Blood, clotting of, 7. 



,, circulation of, 9. 



,, changes during breathing, 11, 12. 



„ nourishes the body, 7. 



,, in the foot, 221. 



,, corpuscles, 7. 



,, structure of, 7. 



,, vessels, 7. 



„ ,, in the foot, 218. 



Bloom of the coat, 134. 

 Blue grass, 106. 

 Blue roan, colour, 31. 

 Boards, kicking, 55. 

 Boats, landing horses from, 260. 

 Body, attachment of foreleg to, 157. 

 ,, conformation of, 25, 26. 

 ,, measurement of mules, 271. 

 ,, regulation of temperature of, 17. 

 Body brushes, 58. 

 Body side of collars, 205, 206. 

 Bog spavin, 340. 

 Boiled food, 120, 121. 



,, Kulthi, 102. 

 Bolting food, 127. 

 Bone below the knee, 27. 

 Bone-making elements of food, 87. 

 Bone spavin, 340. 

 Bones, use of, 5. 

 ,, of back, 152. 

 ,, of foot, 214. 

 ,, ,, ,, use of, 221. 

 Boot and saddle, fit of each compared, 



168. 

 Boring, 24. 



Bottle covers, for saddle panels, 185. 

 Bowels, 14. 



,, movement of, 6, 14. 

 Boxy feet, 224. 

 Bracken, as bedding, 78. 

 Bran, 98. 



analysis of, 88. 

 adulteration of, 99. 

 characters of, 99. 

 mash, 99. 



on board ship, 263. 

 quality of, 98. 

 sour, 99. 

 varieties of, 98. 

 Branch of a shoe, 227. 

 Brands, 33. 

 Breast collars, 211. 



,, ,, fitting of, 212. 



,, ,, injuries, 213. 



