INDEX. 



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128; opens the pores of tlie skin, and gives 

 a fine coat, 128; directions for, 128 

 Grunter, the, unsound, 519 

 Gullet, description of the, 312 

 Gum-arabic, lor what purposes used, 475 

 Gutta sereua, nature and treatment of, 194 



HABITS, vicious or dangerous, 502 

 Hackney, description of the, 87; its pro- 

 per action, 88; anecdotes of the, 87 ; coaches, 

 account of, 96 

 Hair, account of the, 345; question of cutting 



it from the heels, 356 

 Hamilton, Duke of, the Clydesdale horses owe 



their origin to him, 100 

 Harnessing, the best mode as regards draught, 

 547; method of, in the lime of Homer, 

 544 

 Haunch, description of the, 381; wide, advan- 

 tage of, 382; injuries of the, 382; joint, 

 singular strength of it, 381; also of the 

 thigh bones, advantage of the oblique direc- 

 tion of, 382 

 Haw, curious mechanism of the, IGO; diseases 

 of, 189; absurdity and cruelty of destroying 

 it, 160 

 Hay, considered as food, 131 ; mowburnt, in- 

 jurious, 135; old preferable to new, 135 

 Head, anatomy of the, 145 ; the numerous 

 bones composing it, the reason of this, 145; 

 section of the, 146; importance of the pro- 

 per setting on of, 89; beautiful provision for 

 its support, 148 

 Head, Captain, his account of the South Ame- 

 rican horse, 38 

 Healing ointment, account of the, 498 

 Hearing of the horse, the very acute, 154 

 Heavy black horses account of, 101 

 Heart, description of the, 300; its action de- 

 scribed, 300; inflammation of the, 301; 

 dropsy of the, 301; carditis, 302; inflam- 

 mation of the lining of the heart, 302 ; dila- 

 tation, 302; ossification, 302; air in the 

 heart, 303 ; hypertrophy of, 302 

 Heber, Bishop, his account of the Arabian, 26; 

 Heels, question of cutting the hair from them, 

 356; low, disadvantage of, 428 ; proper par- 

 ing of, for shoeing, 429 

 Hellebore, black, its use, 488 

 Hemlock, given in inflammation of the chest, 



488 

 Henry VHI., tyrannical regulations concerning 

 the horse, by him, 60; the breed of the horse 

 not materially improved by him, 61 

 Hepatitis, nature and treatment of, 334 ; 

 Hernia, the nature and treatment of, 332 ; um- 

 bilical, 333 

 Hide-bound, the nature and treatment of, 349 

 High-blower, a description of the, 268; is un- 

 sound, 519 

 Highland pony, description of the, 106 

 Hind legs, description of the, 381 

 Hind wheels should follow the precise trick of 



the fore ones, 563 

 Hip-joint, the great strength of the, &o2 

 Hips, ragged, what, 381 



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Hissar, the East India Company's sale of horses 



at, 31 

 Hobbles, description of the best, 456 

 Hock, the advantage of its numerous separate 

 bones and ligaments, 385 ; capped, 392 ; 

 cow, 392; description of the, 386; enlarge- 

 ment of the, nature of, and how affecting 

 soundness, 386, 520; inflammation of the 

 small bones of, a frequent cause of lameness, 

 386; the principal seat of lameness behind, 

 387; lameness of it, without apparent cause, 

 392; fracture of, 452 

 Hog's lard, properties of, 476 

 Holstein horses, account of the, 52 

 Homer, his account of the method of harnessmg 



horses, 544 

 Hjematuria, 339 



Hoof, cut of the, 395; description of the, 396 



Horizontal direction of the traces,when proper, 547 



Horn of the crust, secreted principally by the 



coronary ligament, 398; once separated from 



the sensible part within, will never again unite 



with it, 398 



Hornet, sting of the, 499 



Horse, the first allusion to him, 1 ; not known 

 in Canaan at an early period, 2 ; description 

 of, in early times, 14, 16; American, 41; not 

 the native of Arabia, 4; Arabian, 22; Arme- 

 nian, 7; Austrian, 47; Enghsh, 54; Barb, 

 18; Birman,32; Bournou, 21 ; Cappadocian, 

 7; first used in the cavalry service, 3; chariot 

 races formed part of the Olympic games, 13; 

 calculation of the annual expense of, 540; 

 Chinese, 32 ; Circassian, 30; was trained to 

 draught before he was mounted, 6; Coach, 

 proper form, qualities, breed of, 95; the dif. 

 ferent colours of the different breeds, 345; 

 Corsican, 46; Cossack, 34; Dongola, 17; 

 Dutch, 54; when first domesticated in Egypt 

 and Canaan, 2; not domesticated until after 

 many other animals, 2 ; not found in Egypt 

 in the very early periods, 1 ; East Indian, 30; 

 the flesh of, eaten, 34; English, history of, 

 54; farmers', 92; Finland,51; Flemish, 54; 

 his fossil remains found in every part of the 

 world, 1; French, 44; the general manage, 

 ment of, 122; among the Greeks, 4; heavy 

 black, 101; early employed in hunting the 

 ostrich, 1; heavy draught, 99; tyrannical 

 regulations respecting, by Henry VIII., 60; 

 grey, the, of Sir Edward Antrobus, 83; hir- 

 ing, early regulations of, 56, 58; Hungarian, 

 49; Iceland, 51; Irish, 107; Italian, 46; 

 sublime account of by Job, 2; much im- 

 proved by John, 58 ; Lombardy, when first 

 introduced into England, 58; market, first 

 account of, 57; Mecklenburg, 52; Nubian, 

 17; Parthian, 8; Portuguese, 43; Russian, 

 49; Prussian, 53; Norwegian, 52; Persian, 

 8, 28; the early price of, 5; Englisii, not 

 used for the plough in early times, 56; power, 

 calculation of, 56, 6, 37 ; price of, in Solo- 

 mon's time, 5; prices of, at different periods, 

 56, 64; ridden, the first account of, 2; sa- 

 gacity of, 90; can see almost in darkness, 

 131; Sardinian, 45; South American, 37; 

 ditto, instinct and sagacity of, 37; manage- 



