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OPERATIONS. 



Another, though less practical, method consists in using two long 

 ropes, each fixed to the base of the horns and passed first between 

 the front, then the hind limbs, round the hind pasterns from within 



outwards and then brought for- 

 B ward (Fig. 292). When the ropes 



are drawn tight by assistants 

 standing in front of the animal, 

 the latter usually falls on its 

 hocks and rolls over to the right 

 or left, according to the direction 

 given to it. 



A third method is particularly 

 useful in young or feeble animals. 

 It consists in fixing around the 

 horns a rope about eight to ten 

 yards in length, the free end of 

 which is carried along the upper 

 margin of the neck and back. A 

 loop is formed embracing the base 

 of the neck, a second behind the shoulders in the region occupied 

 by the girth, and a third around the flanks (Fig. 293). By pulling in 

 a backward direction the rope is drawn tight, and the animal first 

 backs and afterwards falls on its hocks, subsiding either to the right 

 or left, as in the case previously mentioned. 



Fig. 289. — A, " bulldogs " operated by 

 screw ; B, " bulldogs " with a sliding ring. 



Fig. 290. — Nose ring open for insertion. 



Fig. 291. — Nose ring closed. 



In using either of these two methods it is very important, as 

 soon as the animal falls, to secure the limbs in a certain way, ac- 

 cording to the nature of the operation to be performed. This can 

 be effected with hobbles and ropes passed round the hocks, above the 

 knee, etc. 



