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large hair-brush, without any handle, and with a 

 strap across the back for the groom to slip his hand 

 into ; this is called the body brush. Another 

 brush, similar to a clothes brush, and a third some- 

 thing like a scrubbing brush. The first is called a 

 water brush, and the second a dandy brush. In 



Fig. 18. 



Water brush (back). Dandy brush (back). Body brush (back). 



addition to these brushes, a brush, or rather broom, 

 will be required to clean the stable floor and walls ; 

 this is called a stable broom ; and a brush to brush a 

 carriage, if one is kept, and a long thin brush called 

 a spoke brush, to brush the spokes of the wheels. 

 The groom will also want a brush to brush his own 

 clothes, and two brushes to clean his own boots. 



I have not given a drawing of a clothes brush or 

 blacking brushes, as they are articles of common use. 



