INDEX. 



369 



Yalves of the heart, 8. 



,, ,, veins, 7. 

 Various leaved fescue, 106. 

 Veins, 7, 8. 

 Ventilation, 49. 



,, ship, 247, 261. 



,, various means of, 51, 



Ventricles of the heart, 8. 

 Vesicles of the lung, 11. 

 Vetches, 116. 

 Vices, stable, 80. 

 Vitrified bricks, 48. 

 Vocal cords, 10. 

 Voice, how produced, la 

 Voluntary muscles, 6. 

 Voyages, care of horses after, 265. 



W. 



Wabaro, poisonous to camels, 288. 

 Walking on the march, 183. 

 Wall barley, 109. 

 Wall of hoof, 219, 222, 



,, ,, ,, over-lowering of, 226. 

 ,, ,, ,, rasping of, 227, 239. 

 Walls, stable, 47, 49. 

 Washing brushes, 65. 



,, horses, 65. 



,, legs and belly, 66. 



,, mane and tail, 64. 



,, the sheath, 64. 



„ grass, 117. 



,, wounds, 327. 

 Washy colours, 30. 

 Waste of the back muscles, 161, 168. 



,, ,, ,, body, 17, 18. 

 Water, brushes, 59. 

 gut, 14. 



,, in food, 87. 



,, quantity required, 129. 



,, supply on ships, 255, 260. 



,, troughs, 129, 130, 142. 

 Watering, 129. 



Watering before feeding, 123, 129. 

 camels, 289. 

 cab horses, 1 29. 

 in camp, 141. 

 mules, 273. 

 on march, 137. 

 ,, railway journeys, 268. 

 ,, ships, 255, 260. 

 oxen, 300. 

 thirsty horses, 134. 

 when water is scarce, 137, 138. 

 Water meadow hay, 112. 

 Water seal of drains, 53. 

 Watertight doors, 247. 

 Wavy hair grass, 108. 

 Weak heels, 224. 

 Wear of hoof, 214. 



,, ,, shoes, 231, 241. 

 „ „ teeth, 13, 37. 

 ,, ,, ,, of camel, 278. 

 „ „ „ ,, ox, 298. 

 Weather, protection from, 150. 

 Weaving, 80. 

 Web of shoes, 227. 

 Webbing girths, 176. 

 Wedge heels, 230. 

 Weeds, no. 

 Weevils in beans, 100. 

 ,, ,, gram, loi. 

 Weight, balance of on saddle, i88, 189. 

 ,, distribution of on legs, 163, 176. 

 ,, of barley, 96. 

 beans, 99. 

 hay, 112. 

 maize, 95. 

 oats, 90. 

 straw, 76. 

 shoes, 241. 

 Well ribbed up, 26. 

 Wet horses, grooming of, 64. 

 Wheat, 98. 



,, analysis of, 88. 



,, straw, ^^. 



White clover, 109. 



