INDEX. 



359 



Meadow fox tail, 106. 



,, grasses, 106, 108. 



,, hay, 105. 



,, ,, analysis of, 88, 



,, soft grass, 108. 

 Mealies, 94. 

 Mealy legs, 30. 



Measurement of saddle arches, 166. 

 ,, mules, 271. 

 ,, ,, donkeys, 275. 



Measures of cats, 93. 

 Meat as horse food, 103, 139. 

 Methods of feeding, 122. 



,, ,, securing horses in stables, 73. 



„ ,, „ ,, in camp, 148. 



Mid-day stables, 83, 

 Midriff, 11. 

 Millet, 102. 



,, analysis of, 88. 



,, stalks of, as fodder, 116. 

 Mill, 16. 



Mimosa, a camel fodder, 287. 

 Mineral elements of food, 87. 

 Missa bhusa, 119. 

 Mixed foods, 96, loi. 

 Mixture, hay, 104. 

 Moh, poisonous to camels, 288. 

 Moisture in horn, 219, 227. 

 Molar teeth, 13, 39. 

 Molassine, 103. 

 Mops for horse ships, 262. 

 Morning stables, 83. 

 Moss, peat, 78. 

 Moth, 102. 



,, analysis of, 8S. 

 Mould for making shoes, 235. 

 Mouldy hay, 113. 

 oats, 93. 

 Mouth of the camel, 281, 

 Movements of the shoulder, 158, 201. 

 ,, spme, 152. 

 ,, ,, loins, 169. 



Mowburnt hay, 113. 

 Mud Fever, 66, 334. 



Mule feet, 224. 



,, marks, 32. 

 Mules, 270. 



,, as pack animals, 197. 



,, age of, 271. 



,, conformation of, 271. 



,, feeding of, 272. 



,, marching with, 273. 



,, on board ship, 266. 



,, selection of, 270. 



,, shoeing, 274. 



,, swimming, 274. 



,, system of marching in America, 



'273- 

 ,, transport by rail, 268. 

 Mung, 102. 



,, analysis of, 88. 

 Muscles, 5. 



,, of back, 158, 161. 

 ,, wasting of, 161, 168, 184. 

 Musty hay, 113. 

 „ oats, 93- 



N. 



Nail holes, coarse, 234, 

 ,, ,, fine, 234. 



,, pitch of, 222, 235. 

 ,, pritchelling of, 235. 

 „ ,, stamped, 228, 229, 234, 236. 



Nailing on and finishing shoes, 238. 

 Nails, horse shoe, 232. 

 ,, clenching up, 239. 

 ,, coarse, 238. 

 „ fine, 238. 

 ,, frost, 240. 

 „ high, 238, 239. 

 ,, number of, 23;^. 

 ,, shallow, 238. 

 „ size of, 233. 

 ,, tests for, 233. 

 ,, varieties, 233. 

 ,, in foreign grain, H9- 



