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Point of the hip, 26. 

 „ „ hock, 21. 

 ,, of a nail, 232. 

 ,, ,, the quarter, 20. 

 Pointing the foot, 224. 

 Points, black, 33. 



,, of the horse, 19. 

 Poisonous foods, 100, 103, 288. 

 Poll, region of, 19. 

 Ponds, watering from, 142. 

 Ponies as pack animals, 197. 

 Pony, height of, 34. 

 Position of collar injuries, 206, 207. 

 „ ,, saddle ,, 187. 

 „ „ „ „ how to deter- 



mine, 194. 

 Pot belly, 26. 

 Potatoes, 103. 



,, analysis of, 88. 

 ,, boiled, 121. 

 Poulticing, 307. 

 Preparation of the foot, 225. 



,, ,, ,, faults in, 226. 



Pressed hay, 115. 

 Presses, 239, 335. 



Pressure, a cause of collar injury, 206. 

 ,, ,, ,, saddle ,, 183. 

 „ effect on the skin, 162, 193. 

 ,, of burrs, 168. 

 „ „ fans, 169. 

 „ ,, sidebars, 179. 

 „ tests for, in saddle fitting, 177, 

 178, 179. 

 Prevention of sore backs, 181. 

 Pricks, 239, 335. 

 Pritchel, farriers', 235. 

 Protection from weather, 150. 

 Pulse, 305. 

 Purchasing camels, 279. 



Q. 



Quarter of maize, 95. 



„ ,, oats, 93. 



„ clips, 231. 



,, region of, 20. 

 Quartering, 61. 

 Quarters, conformation of, 23. 



,, of the mule, 271. 



R. 



Quaking grass, 108. 

 Quarter of barley, 96. 



Race on the face, 32. 

 Racehorses' shoes, 242. 

 Racing condition, 131. 

 Ragged hips, 28. 

 Railway, horse boxes, 268. 



,, transport of horses, 267. 

 ,, ,, ,, mules, 268. 



,, ,, ,, camels, 268. 



,, ,, feeding during, 268. 



,, ,, in India, 269. 



,, ,, watering during, 268. 



Rasping the wall, 227, 239. 

 Rasps, farriers', 225. 

 Rat-tainted oats, 93. 

 Rations for camels, 285. 

 „ ,, horses, 122, 123. 

 ,, ,, mules, 272. 

 „ ,, oxen 298. 

 ,, on board ship, 263. 

 Rattle, III. 

 Raw hide girths, 176. 

 Ray, a mule mark, 32. 

 Reach on the face, 32. 

 Rear arch, 167. 



,, ,, injuries under, 186, 194. 

 ,, „ sinking, 167. 

 ,, ,, strain on, 165. 

 ,, pack, fitting of, 193. 

 ,, ,, injuries from, 186, 187, 192, 

 194. 

 Rectum, 15. 

 Red clover, 109. 

 ,, fescue, 106. 



