PLATE XXXVIII. 



This plate represents the inferior face of the hoof of the colt in 

 the first "vveeks after birth. 



A A Elastic pad or tent of the fojtal hoof reduced to diverging strips by 

 the pressure of the foot on the ground. 



PLATE XXXVIIT. A. 



Plate 38 A, hoof the same size as shown in Plate 39, Fig. 1, cut in two, 

 showing the thickness of wall, sole, and frog at the center. The circular 

 form towards the toe could not he fully brought out by the artist, as 

 shown in the hoof, but is an exact rc])roduction of the thickness and ])ro- 

 nortion of the various parts. 



