THE HORSE A BALLET DANCER. 



upper end of the tibia, shown at C in the horse, 

 in man at D. This is the knee in ourselves. 

 But in horses and many other quadrupeds the 

 femur, or thigh-bone, A C, is so short and so 

 nearly horizontal, that the joint C is hardly 

 observed in an animal in good condition; it 



B 



E l ' \ 



K / V V 



A ^** 



I 



f ' 



a 



4 



FIG. 64.-CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HUMAN AND EQUINE 

 LIMBS. 



appears to be part of the trunk. So little is it 

 noticed that even when it appears, as in an 

 emaciated animal, ordinary people, without 

 special knowledge, would hardly know what 

 name to give it, and those who gave it a name 

 would probably call it the hip- joint. The 

 real hip-joint is quite unperceived, at A. 



Coming down to the next lower joint, at E, 

 this, in the horse's hind leg, is the first joint 

 that is reached in a position well removed 

 from the mass of the body, and so we call it the 

 knee, under the impression that it corresponds 

 to the human knee ; and those who have paid 



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