2/2 



THE FORE LIMB. 



Top of withers 



Line 47 inchesbelow 

 OT withers 



Fig. 348. 



The full-sized figure bounded by a continued line represents a transverse section tlirougli the 

 shoulders of a thorough-bred with tliick witliers, mnde by a plane passing through the highest point 

 of the withers and fore-arms. The direction of this plane is shown in Fig. 350 by ttie dotted line 

 a b. The figure which' is bounded by dotted lines, and which is inside the figure just Mescrihed, 

 represents a similar section through the shoulders of an ordinary well-shaped thorough-bred. 



