Chap. I. The Anatomy of a HOKSE. j 



teries, ^c, and is alfo porous for the Paflage of Sweat, or 

 other penpirable Matter, which is feparated from a vaft 

 number of little Glands, which lie on the Infide of it ; 

 and as the Scarfskin is a Defence to the Hide, fo the Hide 

 is a Defence to thofe other Parts which lie under it. 



Underneath the Skin is plac'd the flefhy 

 Pannicle, which is mufcular, and helps to ^^^'P/^y P^»' 

 draw the Skin into Wrinkles, by which *^ 

 means a Horfe throws off the Duft, Flies, or other Things 

 that hurt him. It is alfo ncurifh'd with its proper Veins 

 and Arteries, ^c, and befides its peculiar Ufes, it ferves, in 

 concert with the S"kin, to defend the Body from external 

 Injuries, viz. by keeping it warm in Winter, and prevent- 

 ing a too great Exhalation of the Spirits in hot Weather. 



§. II. Of the Fat and common Membrane of the Mufcks, 



Befides thefe Teguments abovemention'd, , (j-j^^ p^^ 

 there is the Fat^ and common Membrane 

 of the Mufcles. The Fat which lies between the flefliy 

 Pannicle and the faid Membrane, is dillinguifh'd from 

 that which covers the Caul, by its oilinefs, and is faid to 

 be generated of the more unclious Particles of the Blood, 

 working thro* the Veflels, and detained there by the clofe- 

 nefs of the faid Pannicle. It is not one continu'd Covering 

 in Hories, as in Bullocks, and fome other Animals, but 

 chiefly fills up the Interlaces of the Mufcles externally, 

 and is not only a Defence, as the other Teguments are, 

 but ferves to make a Horfe look plump, fmooth, and 

 beautiful. How far it is capable of being again converteci 

 into Nourifhment, I (hall not offer here to determine. 



As to the Membrane of the Mufcles, en 

 ,.,.,. nriii "-^^ common 



which is the mnermoft of all the common Membrane of 

 Teguments, it is faid to take its Origin ^j^g Mufcles. 

 from the Back; and fpreading itfelf all 

 over the Body, is knit to their proper Coats by a great 

 number of fmall Fibres, yet not fo clofely as to hinder 

 their A6lion : It is in a Horfe confiderably thick, and 

 ferves to ftrengthen and confirm all the Mufcles in their 

 proper Situation, and to be a Capfuhiy or Cafe, to defend 

 them from Injuries. 



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