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to bear and fupport ib great a Burden without much Da- 

 mage ; and are without Senfe, that they may endure Tra- 

 velling among Stones and rough Ways. They adhere pret- 

 ty firmly to the Parts included within them, and are fatt- 

 ened to the Coffin-bone by a Ligament that proceeds from 

 their Root, which is alfo, in fome Meafure encompafled 

 with the Skin. 



Underneath the Hoofs there are many Twigs of Nerves 

 and Tendons, and Mufcles, which take their Courfe quite 

 to the Soal of the Foot. When thefe are prick'd or bruis'd, 

 they occafion exquifite Pain. But of this when we come 

 to treat of the Difeafes incident to the Feet. 



TABLE VIL reprefents the Skeleton of a Horfe. 

 A A. The Shoulder-blade. 

 B. The Breaft-hone, 

 CC. The Shoulder-hone. 

 DDDD. The Bones of both fore and hind Legs. 

 EEEE. The fmall Ranges of Sones, which make the Knee 



and Hock. 

 FF. ^he Shank-bone, 

 f. f. The Injlep-hones. 



GGGG. The Bodkin-like^ or Splint-bones, 

 HHHH. The great Pafierns, 

 IIIL The little Paliertis. 

 KKKK. The Coffin^bones. 

 LLLL. The fmall Triangular Bones^ that adhere to the 



tipper End of the great Pajterns. 

 MM. Ti^^Os Ilium, or Haunch'hone. 

 N. The Coxendix, or Hip-bone. 

 00. The Os Pubis, or Sbare-bone. 

 PP. The Thigh-bones. 

 QQ^ The Patella, or Stifle-pan.. 

 RRR, ^c. The Cartilages at the End of the Ribs. 

 SSS, ^^. The feventeen Ribs. 

 TTT, ^c. That Part of the Ribs where they are articula* 



ted into the Vertebrcs of the Chejl. 

 V. The Os Hyoides, or Bone of the Tongue, 

 W. The lou'er Jaw. 

 X. The upper Jaw, 

 Y, The NolUbone. 



From I to 17, are the i 7 Vertebra of the Chefl, 

 From I to 7, are thefeven Vertebrs of the Loins. 

 From I to 6, the fix Procefjes of the Os Sacrum. 



H 2 From 



