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INDEX. 



Smooth-stalked meadow grass, io6. 

 Soaking food, 120. 

 Soft brome grass, 108. 

 Soiling, 116. 

 Sole, bruises of, 336, 

 ,, fleshy of foot, 218, 219. 

 ,, functions of, 222. 

 ,, growth of, 220. 

 ,, junction of with wall, 220. 

 ,, over-lowering of, 237. 

 ,, paring of, 226. 

 ,, varying thickness of, 224. 

 Somali camel, 276, 277. 



„ ,, fodder, 287. 

 Sore backs, 152. 



,, cause and prevention, 181, 183, 



194. 

 ,, classitied, 194. 



,, determining position of, 195, 



196. 

 ,, errors in estimating position of, 



194. 

 ,, how to examine, 194. 



,, produced by friction, 183. 



,, ,. ,, pressure, 183. 



Sore necks of oxen, 296. 

 ,, shins, 338. 

 ,, shoulders, 201. 

 ,, ,5 working of, 209. 



Sorrel, a weed, iii. 

 Sowari camels, 276. 

 Spasmodic colic, 321. 

 Spavin, 340. 

 Spear grass, 118. 

 Speed of horse ships, 247. 

 Speedy cutting, 332. 

 Spinal cord, 6. 

 Spine, the, 152. 



,, injury to, 194. 

 Spleen, 16. 

 Splint, 338. 



Splitting in camels, 280, 282. 

 Sponges, grooming, 60. 

 Spoon-shaped picket pegs, 147. 



Sprains, 6, 333. 

 Sprouting oats, 93. 

 Squeegees for ships, 262. 

 Stable brushes, 58. 



,, ,, to wash, 65, 



,, duties, 83, 84. 

 ,, ,, on board ship, 264. 

 ,, guards, 84. 

 „ management, 57. 

 ,, rubbers, 58, 60. 

 „ tricks and vices, 80. 

 Stables, arrangement of, 46. 

 ,, bails in, 56. 

 ,, construction of, 46. 

 ,, daily routine of, 83, 84. 

 ,, dimensions of, 49. 

 ,, doors of, 54. 

 ,, drainage of, 52. 

 ,, hay racks in, 56. 

 ,, kicking board in. 56. 

 ,, mangers in, 55. 

 ,, on returning late, 84. 

 ,, partitions of, 55. 

 ,, roofs of, 47. 

 ,, sand in, 85. 

 ,, site of, 46. 

 ,, ventilation of, 50, 51. 

 ,, walls of, 47. 

 ,, windows of, 51. 

 Stabs to the foot, 335. 

 Staffordshire bricks, 48. 

 Stag face, 21. 

 ,, knee, 27. 

 Staggers, 318. 

 Stallion, 33. 

 Stalls, crib-biters, 49. 

 ,, dimensions of, 49. 

 ,, kickers, 82. 

 ,, partitions of, 55. 

 „ ship, 249. 



,, ,, articles for cleanmg, 26: 



,, ,, breast rail of, 251. 

 ,, ,, cants of, 251. 



,, ,, foothold in, 257. 



