10 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



takes place every quarter of a year, but no specitied 

 time is stipulated for a student's becoming acquainted 

 with the art, which depends upon his own abiUty and 

 perseverance. Two guineas per annum is the fee for 

 subscribers, or twenty guineas constitutes a member 

 for life. This entitles the subscriber to send any 

 number of horses, provided they be lame or sick, to 

 the veterinary stables of the estabhshment, where they 

 remain till cured, the proprietor paying only for the 

 keep and shoeing ; medicine and attendance being 

 included in the subscription. Non-subscribers may 

 send their horses for the inspection of the college sur- 

 geons, but they must not be admitted to the stables. 



In addition to the works I have already named, the 

 veterinary student, and indeed all who admire or take 

 any pride or interest in that noble animal the horse, 

 will find much good information in that very excellent 

 " Treatise on the Horse," published under the auspices 

 of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ; 

 and a monthly publication entitled " The Veterinarian," 

 will give an insight into all the writings and improve- 

 ments which are daily making in the art. 



GENERAL HISTORY OF THE HORSE. 



In Zoology the horse belongs to that family or class 

 called Equus, which consist of many varieties, as the 

 Equus Assinus, (the ass), Equus Zebras, (the zebra), 

 Equus Hernionus, (the dziggtai), Equus Montanus, 

 (the dauw), and the Equus Quagga, (qagga). At 

 the head of these stands the Equus Cahallus, or Com- 

 mon Horse. Although there are many varieties of 



