EXPLANATION. 



1. The lips. 



2. Tip of the nose. Figs. 1 and 2 



form the muzzle. 



3. Chanfrin, or face ; the parts that 



correspond to the bones of the 

 nose, and that extend from the 

 brow to the nostrils. 



4. The brow, or forehead. 



5. The eye-pits ; cavities more or less 



deeply situated above the eyes. 



6. Forelock ; hairs between the ears 



that fall upon the forehead. 



7. The ears. 



8. The lower jaw and channel, or 



space comprised between the 

 two lower jaws. Cheek. Jowl. 



9. The jaws: nether jaws. 



10. The nostril. 



11. The throat. 



12. Region of parotid glands, at the 



posterior and internal part of 

 each of the lower-jaw bones. 



13. The crest. 

 13'. The mane. 



14. Windpipe and groove of the ju- 



gular veins. 



15. The chest, thorax. 



16. The withers, or the sharp, pro- 



jecting part at the inferior ex- 

 tremity of the crest and of the 

 mane. It is formed by the 

 projection of the first dorsal 

 vertebra. 



17. The back, or part upon which 



the saddle is placed. 



18. The ribs. 



19. The passage for the girths. 



20. The loins. 



21. The croup; the most elevated 



part of the posterior extremity 

 of the body. 



22. The tail. 



24. The flank. 



25. The abdomen. 



27. The saphena vein. 



28. The shoulder and arm. 

 28'. The point of the shoulder. 



29. The elbow. 



30. The fore-arm. 



32. The knee. 



33. The cannon bone, shank. 



34. The large pastern joint. 



35. The small pastern joint. 



36. The coronet. 



37. The front foot and hoof. 



38. The fetlock and ergot. The fet- 



lock consists of hairs, and the 

 ergot of a horny-like substance 

 constantly found at the back 

 and lower part of the large 

 pastern joints. 



39. The haunch. 



40. The thigh, gaskin, or femur. 



41. The stifle joint. 



42. The buttock, 



43. The tibia, or leg proper (lower 



thigh); a small bone lies be- 

 hind it, the fibula. 



44. The hock (curb place). 

 44'. The point of the hock. 



46. The cannon bone. 



47. The large pastern joint. 



48. The fetlock and ergot. 



49. The small pastern joint. 



50. The coronet. 



51. Hind-foot and hoof. 



