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THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



In union with Bellanger, first veterinary flugelman, 1 Morris instituted a 

 second series in 1857. The following* are the results : 



" It may be remarked, in considering these different weights," General Morris 

 adds, " that the weight of the fore extremity is about one-ninth greater than that 

 of the hind ; that the change of the position of the head causes the weight of 

 the fore extremity to differ from that of the hind by 10 kilogrammes ; that long 

 necks give more weight to the fore extremity than short and strong ones ; that 

 the fore extremity is heavier than the hind." M. Colin has repeated the 

 first of these experiments upon two horses, and arrived at results entirely 

 concordant. 



Our Experiments. We will say that most of these have been made 

 upon fifty horses of different sizes and races, chosen from the hospital of the 

 school at Alfort. 



1 Morris, loc. cit., p. 44. 



