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keep well up, but horses may travel very comfortably 

 in them. The size of the piece of check kersey of 

 whicli a knee-cap is made, should be seventeen inches 

 by twelve, and the longer length is that which is to go 

 round the bottom part of the fore-arm, immediately 

 above the knee. There should be two pieces of about 

 two inches, and of a triangular shape, cut out of the 

 centre of the top and bottom edge, and those edges 

 from which the pieces were cut are to be sewn together, 

 so as to make the centre of the knee-cap perfectly hol- 

 low, which will give all the liberty necessary to the 

 action of the horse's knee when on. This hollow part 

 on the inside of the knee-cap should be lined with a 

 piece of white serge, and between the lining and the 

 knee-cap, there should- be a little stuffing; but I see 

 no necessity for covering the outside of this part of 

 the knee-cap with leather. The edge at the top part 

 of the knee-cap should be turned down outside, for 

 the breadth of an inch, and either before or after it is 

 sewn, there should be a little stuffing put in here, to 

 form a pad round the top, and the surface of this pad 

 should be lined with a strip of soft shammy or doe- 

 skin. The upper strap and buckle, used for securing 

 the knee-cap, should be placed outside at each end, a 

 little below the centre of the padding. The strap and 

 buckle is sometimes sewn on all round the padding. 

 This should not be, as by its pressure it would do 

 away with the little elasticity the padding might other- 

 wise possess. A buckle and strap, must, of course, be 

 attached to the lower part of the knee-cap. When 



