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ity with from two to four turns, and the remaining portion passed 

 through the loop, and the other, or longer portion of the rope, 

 drawn taut, the knot is tied and the plate-louge thus firmly 

 secured. As in the two previous methods, by drawing upon the 

 longer end of the rope the foot can readily be raised and held in 

 position, either with or without the hobble. 



There are occasions, when, although it may not be required 

 to have the leg and foot held up for the purposes of the opera- 

 tion, it still becomes necessary to do so in order to prevent the 

 animal from using his feet as weapons of combat, or to restrain 

 him from motion. 



The plate-longe, and the single or double side-line, with one 

 or two hobbles, are then put in use, for the purpose of either 

 raising the leg from the ground and compelling the animal to 

 stand on three, or again to prevent motion in the posterior biped. 

 For example, in one case the flat part of the plate-longe is 



Fig. 11.— Another Means of Using the Rope. 



passed with a loop around the coronet of the leg to be kept steady, 

 the rope is then carried forward between the fore legs, then on 

 the side of the neck opposite to that of the leg to which the 

 plate-longe is fixed, over the withers, back to that side, and twisted 

 arotmd itself behind the elbows, as it passes between the fore 

 legs (Fig. 11). 



