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I. FIG. i. CANNON AND SPLINT BONES OF SHIRE 



HORSE. ....... 14 



(Brit. Mus. Guide to Horse Family) 



. 2. BONES OF FORE AND HIND FEET OF 



" MIOHIPPUS " ...... 



(After LULL) 



II. SKELETON OF THOROUGHBRED STALLION 



"ECLIPSE" ....... 16 



(COOK, " Eclipse and O' Kelly") 



III. FIG. i. SKELETON OF FORE-LIMBS OF " ECLIPSE " 18 

 FIG. 2. SKELETON OF HIND-LIMBS OF "ECLIPSE" 



s, scapula ; h t humerus ; , ulna ; r, radius ; c, 

 carpus (knee) ; can, cannon-bone \ph, phalanges ; 

 p, pelvis ; /, femur ; /.tibia; ca, calcaneum (hock) 

 {Both from COOK) 



IV. FIG. i. SKULL OF SHIRE STALLION . . .22 



(Brit. Mus. Guide to Horse Family) 



FIG. 2. SKULL OF QUAGGA . 



V. FIG. i. RIGHT UPPER CHEEK-TEETH OF TARPAN 34 



FIG. 2. RIGHT UPPER CHEEK-TEETH OF ARAB 



/.2-/.4, premolars; tn.i-m.^, molars;/, anterior 

 pillar ; hy, posterior pillar 



VI. FIG. i. HIND- FOOT OF HORSE SHOWING ERGOT 44 

 FIG. 2. CHESTNUTS ON LEGS OF HORSE . . 



(Both from " Brit. Mus. Guide to Horse Family") 

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