94 The Anatomy <?/ ^ H O R S E. Chap, VL 



but fmall and pointed at the lower ; between thefe do run 

 the Tendons oi the Mufcles that move the Foot. 



^hepreatPa- ^^^ "^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Paftern. This 



a^^^ Bone is gibbous and crooked on its upper 



Part, where it is articulated with the Shank- 

 bone ; it has three fmall ProceileSi which are received intd 

 the Cavities of the faid Shank-bone ; and two Cavjties, 

 which alfo receive its two Procefles, and has alfo twoi 

 fmall triangular Bones faftened to its back Part, whereon 

 I the Footlock Hair does grow ; thefe two Bones are a Stay- 

 to that Joint, which Articulation, being like a Hinge^ 

 would be apt to ftrain the Ligaments every Time a Horfe 

 ihould ftumble. 



ij^ /V//f Pa- '^^^ ^^^^^^ Paftern is not much unlike the 

 figy„^ other, only that it differs in its Length ; its 



upper End is articulated with the great Pa- 

 Hern, and its lower End confifts of two Heads, as that of 

 the great Paftern, which are received into the Coffin-bone, 

 in the fame Manner as itfelf receives the lower End of the 

 great Paftern. 



a-h n ff, I The Coffin-bone, which is the Io\vermoil 



^^ ' of all the Bones of the Leg, is fo called from 

 its Hollownefs. It is fomewhat femilunary, or half-moon 

 fafhion'd, thick upwards, where its Cavities receive the low- 

 er End of the little Paftern ; but thin and broad at its Bot- 

 tom towards its Edges, for its more firm fixing upon the 

 Ground. Its Subftance is open and porous, having innume- 

 rable little Holes through its Sides, for the Pallage of the V'ef- 

 fels ; as alfo many fmall Sinus's^ wherein are inferted the 

 Tendons of the Mufcles that move the lower Part of th& 

 Leg and Foot. 



§. VI. Of the Croupe, and Rump-Bone. 

 <n n <: '^^'^ Croupe^ or the Bone which lies un- 



crum cr ^^^ ^^^ Crupper, otherwile called the 0( 



Croupe. Sacrurriy is feated at the lower End of the 



Back, and adheres to the lad Vertebra of 

 the Loins above, and below to the firft of the Bones of the 

 Du^^ or Rump : It is much the broadell of all the Bones 

 of the Back, of a Figure fomewhat triangular, growing, 

 from a broad Beginning, narrow towards the firft Bone of 

 the Tail ; it is hollow on its Infide, but uneven outwards^ 

 becaufe of the Mufcles of the Back, and its Ligaments 

 cleaving to it. It has hardly any oblique Proceftea but on 



its 



