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index; 



Barb, description of the, 18, 20, 73; comparison 

 liel\Yeen, and tlie Arabian, 24 



Barbs or paps, treatment of, 233 



Bark, Peruvian, the properties of it, 480 



Barley considered as food for tlie borse, 133 



Barnacles, use of tlie, as a mode uf restraint, 

 457 



Bar-shoe, description and use of. 437 



Barrel, proper shape of the, in the hunter, 

 82 



Bars, description and office of the, 397; proper 

 paring of, for shoeing, 398 ; folly of catting 

 theni away, 398 ; removal of, a cause of cuii- 

 tractioD, 398; corns, 398 



Basilicon ointment, 480 



Bay horses, description of, 24, 347; Malton, 

 account of him, 69 



Beans, good for hardly worked horses, and that 

 have a tendency to purge, 134, 137; should 

 always be crushed, 134 



Bearing-rein, the use and abuse of, 217 



Beet, the nutritive matter in, 137 



lielladonna, extract of, 480 



iierneis, Juliana, authoress of the first book on 

 liuntins:, 84 



liible, history of the horse in the, 2 



Bile, account of the, 318, 319 



Birnian horse, account of the, 32 



Bishoping the teeth, description of, 228 



Biting, a bad habit, and how usually acquired; 

 507; remedy for, 119 



Bit, the, often too sharp, 217; the ancient, 

 10; sometimes got into the mouth, 507 



Bitting of the colt, 114 



Black horses, description and character of, 101, 

 347 



Bladder, description of the, 339; inflammation 

 of, symptoms and treatment, 339; neck of, 

 340; stone in the, 340, 341 



Bleeding, best place for general, 458; directions 

 for, 459; from veins rather than arteries, 

 305; finger should be on the pulse during. 

 305; importance of, in iaflammaiion, 306, 

 459; at the toe described, 460; compaiison 

 between the fleam and lancet, 458 



Blindness, usual method of discovering, 163; 

 discovered by the pupil not dilating or con- 

 tracting, 164; of one eye, 164 



Blistering all round at once, barbarity and 

 danger of, 462, 480; after firing, absurdity 

 and cruelty of, 461, 464 



Blisters, best composition of, 461; the different 

 kinds and uses of, 461; best mode of ap- 

 jilying, 461; caution with regard to their 

 application, 461; the prinriple of their ac- 

 tion, 480; use of, in inflammation, 461; 

 comparison between them and rowels and 

 setons, 466 



Blood, change in after bleeding, 460; coagula- 

 tion of, 460; diseases of tlie blood, 309; 

 spavin, nature and treatment of, 252 



Blood horses liable to contraction, 410 



Bloody urine, 33J? 



Bog spavin, nature and treatment of, 388 



Bole Armenian, medical use of, 481 



Bone, round, 383 



Bone-spavin, nature and treatment of, 388 



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Bots in the stomach, natural history of, 321; 

 not usually injurious, 322 



Bournou horse, description of the, 21 



Bowels, inflammation of the, 325; enlargement 

 of the, 330 



Brain, description of the, 150; its cortical and 

 cineritious composition, 151; the office of 

 each, 151; concussion of the. 168; pressure 

 on the, 169; inflannn:ition of the, 172 



Bran, as food fur the horse, 134 



Breaking in should commence in the second 

 winter, 113; description of its various stages, 

 115; necessity of gentleness and patience 

 in, 115; of the farmer's horse, 113; of the 

 hunter or hackney, 114; the South American, 

 38; cruel Arabian method of, 281; ill'. 

 Rarey's system, 116 



Breast, muscles of the, 251 



Breathing, the mechanism of, 256 



Breeding, 92; as applied to the farmer's horse 

 92; qualities of the mare as nmch import- 

 ance as those of the horse, 92, 108 ; the 

 peculiarity of form and constitution inherited, 

 108; in-and-in, observations on, 109 



Brewers' horses, account of them, 101 ; portrait 

 of one, 102; account of their breed, 102 



Bridle, the ancient, 10 



Broken down, what, 372 



Biuken knees, treatment of, 367; method of 

 judging of the danger of, 368; when healed, 

 not unsoundness, but the form and action of 

 the horse should be carefully examined, 518 



Broken wind, nature and treatment of, 297; 

 influenced much, and often caused by tha 

 manner of feeding, 299 



Bronchial tubes, description of the, 260 



Bronchitis, nature and treatment of, 282 



Bronchocele, account of, 270 



Brood mare, description of the, 109; should not 

 be too old. 111; treatment of, after covering, 

 111; after foaling, 1 1 1 



Brown horses, description of, 347 



Bryony, dangerous, 500 



Buccinator niuscle, description of the, 200 



Bucephalus, account of, 9 



Burleigh, Lord, his opinion of hunting, 84 



Busbequius, his interesting account of the 

 Turkish hoise, 36 



riABBAGE, the nutritive irkatter in, 137 



^ C»cum, description of the, 317 



Calamine powder, account of, 498 



Calculi in the intestines, 329 



Calkins, advantages and disadvantages of, 432; 

 should be placed on both heels, 433 



Cahnuck horse, description of the, -19 



Camphor, the medical use of, 481 



Canadian horse, description of the, 41 



Canals, advantages and disadvantages of, 547; 

 smallness of power requisite for the trans- 

 mission of goods by them, 548 



Canal-boat, calculation of the draught of, 5-18; 

 the ease of draught of, might be increased by 

 a different mode of applying the power, 546 



Canker of the foot, nature and treatment of, 

 425 



