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(i). A piece of small rope or cord (c) (b) is then tied by a 

 running noose knot above each hock (e) (d). The bitch is then 

 hung lip to nail or hook (a). Another similar rope is fixed 



Fig. 314. Miles' Method of Restraining the Bitch. 



around both fore legs, above the elbows (f) (h). The operator 

 now places his foot through loop (g) on fore legs, which allows 

 him to make sufficient traction to hold the animal in an ex- 

 tended position without the aid of an assistant. 



