INDEX. 



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Doncaster course, the length of, 74 



Dongola horse, description of the, 17 



Draught, theory of, 527 ; has not been suffi- 

 ciently explained, 527, 535; implies tiie 

 moving power, the vehicle, and the road, 527; 

 the moving power particularly considered, 

 527 ; considered in respect of the resistance, 

 632; calculation of, according to velocity and 

 time, 532 ; much influenced by the direction 

 of the traces, 537 ; the line of, siiould be par- 

 allel to the direction of motion, 538; in cattle 

 should pass through the asle of the wheels, 

 539; in bad roads may have a slight incli- 

 nation upward, 540; resistance of, should be 

 as much as possible firm and inelastic, 538 ; 

 how increased by the state of the road, 571 ; 

 of boats, difficulty of, increasing rapidity with 

 the velocity, 548 ; calculation of the power of, 

 548; of the sledge, 548; of the roller, 549; 

 horse, the heavy, 99 ; horses, the inferior ones 

 about the metropolis, wretched state of, 103 



Dray horse, projier form of the, 101 ; tiie largest 

 bred in Lincolnshire, 102 ; usually too large 

 and heavy, 102 



Drinks, how to administer, 487 ; comparison be- 

 tween them and balls, 487 



Dropsy of the skin of the chest, 253; treatment 

 of, 253; of the chest, 291 ; of the heart, 301 



Drum of the ear, description and use of the, 

 155 



Dun horse, account of the, 346 



Dung-balls, 330 



Duodenum, description of the, 316; diseases of 

 the, 316 



Dura mater, description of the, 150 



Dutch horse, description of the, 54 



EAR, description of the external parts, 154; 

 internal parts, 155; bones of the, descrip- 

 tion and use of, 155; labyrinth of the, 155; 

 indicative of the temper, 154; chpping and 

 singeing, cruelty of, 155; treatment of wounds 

 or bruises of, 194; cruel operations on the, 195 



East Indian horse, description of the, 30 



Eclipse, the pedigree and history of, 70; account 

 of his proportions, 71 



Edward II. introduced Lombardy horses into 

 England, 58 



Edward III., the breed of horses much improved 

 by, 59 ; introduced Spanish horses, 59 ; had 

 running horses, 59 



Egypt, account of the horse of, 3, 17 



Elasticity of the ligament of the neck, 149 



Elaterium, poisonous, 500 



Elbow, the proper form and inclination of, 364; 

 capped, 365; fracture of, 450; punctured, 365 



Elizabeth, Queen, the number and value of horses 

 much diminished when she reigned, 63; a 

 staunch huntress, 84 



Emetic tartar, used as a nauseant, diaphoretic, 

 and worm medicine, 479 



Enamel of the teeth, account of the, 222 



English horse, history of the, 54; first crossed 

 by the Romans, 55; improved by Athelstan, 

 55; William the Conqueror, 56; Jokn, 58 



Ensiform cartilage, the, 24G 



FET 



Entanglementof the intestines, descriptionof,330 

 Enteritis, account of, 325, 326, and 327 

 Epidemic catarrh, nature and treatment of, 272; 



malignant, nature and treatment of, 279 

 Epiglottis, description of the, 257 

 Epilepsy, nature and treatment of, 174 

 Epsom salts, used as a purgative, 491 

 Epsom course, the length of, 74 

 Ergot of rye, the action of, 495 

 Ethmoid bone, description of the, 150 

 Ethiopian horse, account of, 18 

 Kuphorbium, the abominable use of it, 499 

 Ewe-neck, unsightliness and inconvenience of, 



238 

 Exchanges of horses stand on the same ground 



as sales, 525 

 Exercise, directions for, 129; the necessity of 

 regular, 129; want of producing grease, 382; 

 more injury done by the want of it than by 

 the hardest work, 129 

 Exmoor pony, description of the, 105 

 Expansion shoe, description and use of the, 438 

 Expense of horse, calculation of the annual, 544 

 Eye, description of the, 155; cut of the, 160; 

 fracture of the orbit of the, 168; healthy ap- 

 pearance of the, 159; diseases of the, 188; 

 inflammation of, common, 189; ditto, specific, 

 190; ditto, causes, 192; ditto, medical treat- 

 ment of, 192, 193; ditto, untractable nature 

 of, 193; ditto, consequences of, 192,193; ditto, 

 marks of recent, 520; ditto, constitutes un- 

 soundness, 520; ditto, hereditary, 192; indi- 

 cative of the temper, 156; the pit above, in- 

 dicative of the age, 146; muscles of the, 166 

 Eyebrows, substitute for, 157 

 Eyelashes, description of, 157; folly of singeing 



'them, 157 

 Eyelid, description of, 156, 157 

 Eyelids, diseases of the, 188 



FACE, description of the, 186; cut of the 

 muscles, nerves, and blood-vessels of, 199 



Falling in of the foot, what, 406 

 ' False quarter, nature and treatment of, 416 



Farcy, a disease of the absorbents of the skin, 

 212, 213; connected with glanders, 212; both 

 generated and infectious, 214; sym|jtiims of, 

 214; treatment of, 2 1 5 ; buds, what, 2 1 3 ; the 

 etieet of cantharides in, 215; dmiudide of 

 copper, 2 1 5 



Farmer's horse, description of the, 92 ; fit for 

 riding as well as draught, 92 ; the general 

 management of 92; no blemished or unsound 

 mare to be used for breeding, 93 



Feeding, high, connected with grease, 382; 

 regular periods of, necessity of attending to, 

 137; manner of, has much influence on broken 

 wind, 299 



Feeling of the mouth, constant, indispensable in 

 the good rider, 88 



Feet, good, importance of, in the hunter, 83; the 

 gener.ll management of, 428 ; attention to, and 

 stopping at night, recommended, 428 



Fell soles, description and use of, 438 



Femur, fracture of the, 450 

 ; Fetlock, description of the, 379 

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