132 The Horse Farrier. 



horse's face : let it remain two or three days, by which 

 time it will bring off the hair clean, and make the part a 

 little tender ; then take of elixir vitriol a small quantity ; 

 then anoint the part two or three times ; or, of a very 

 common weed called smart weed a small handful, bruise it 

 and add to it about a gill of water, use it as a wash untU 

 the face gets well, when the hair will grow out entirely 

 white. 



TO SPOT A WHITE HORSE WITH BLACK SPOTS. 



Take litharage, three ounces ; quick lime, six ounces ; 

 beat it fine and mix it together ; j^ut it iato a pan and 

 pour a sharp ley over it ; then boil it and you will have 

 a fat substance swim on top, with which anoint the horse 

 in such places as you design to have black, and it will 

 turn to the color immediately. 



DESCRIPTION OF A SKELETON OF A HORSE. 



A The Head. 



a The posterior maxillary or under jaw. 



6 The superior maxillary or upper jaw. A little lower down than the letter is a 

 foramen, through which pass the nerves and blood-vessels which chiefly sup- 

 ply the lower part of the face. 



c The orbit, or cavity containing the eye. 



d The nasal bones, or bones of the nose. 



e The suture dividing the parietal bones below from the occipital bones above. 



/ The inferior maxillary bone, containing the upper incisior teeth. 



B The Seven Cervical Vertebra?, or bones of the neck. 



C The Eighteen Dorsal Vertebrae, or bones of the back. 



D The Six Lumbar Vertebrae, or bones of the loins. 



E The Five Sacral Vertebrase, or bones of the haunch. 



F The Caudal Vertebrae, or bones of the tail, generally about fifteen. 



G The Scapula, or Shoulder-Blade. 



H The Sternum, or fore part of the chest. 



I The Costse, or ribs, seven or eight articulating with the sternum, and called the 

 true ribs, and ten or eleven united together by cartilage, called tho/aUe riba. 



J The Humerus, or upper bone of the arm. 



K The Radius, or upper bone of the arm. 



L The Ulna, or elbow. The point of the elbow is called the Olecranon. 



M The Carpus, or knee, consisting of seven bones. 



N The Metacarpal bones. The larger metacarpal, or cannon, or shank in front, and 

 the smaller metacarpal, or splint bone behind. 



