LESSON IX. 



HIND EXTREMITIES, continued. 



The hind extremities are the propellers of the 

 body, and the fore extremities are the weight bearers 

 roughly speaking. The same general remarks which 

 were made regarding the fore extremities apply 

 equally to the hind ones. The ilio-ischium repre- 

 senting the scapula, &c. Where we find the bellies 

 of groups of muscles, there we find bulk and 

 rotundity. Those who have an eye for the beauty 

 of curves will find pleasing curved lines in the out- 

 lines of a horse in condition. Tlie absence of these 

 beautiful curves is well marked in horses not in 

 condition. For example, standing at the' side, but a 

 little behind a hunter in condition (see Fig. 15). 

 we see prominently among other curved lines the 

 most beautiful curves formed by the outlines of the 

 muscles of the hind-quarters and leg ; indeed to all, 



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