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OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE. 



and can easily be held in position. In other cases the tail itself may 

 be utilised, the cord being first fixed to it by a " double sheet bend " 



Fig. 29. —The Hippo-lasso applied. 



PiG. 30. — The Hippo-lasso in operation. The horse is about to lie down. 



{i. e. a special kind of knot which will not slip), and then passed through 

 the ring of a hobble, when by drawing on the rope the foot will be 



