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INDEX. 



Axle/ the diameter being diminished les- 

 sens the friction, 434. 



Azoph, Tartary horses traced to the siege 

 of; 5. 



Back, general description of the, 165. 



. proper form of the, 31, 164. 



. long and short, comparative advan- 

 tages of, 165. 



m anatomy of the, 164, 



. muscles of the, 167. 



Backing the colt, 226. 



. a bad habit of the horse, usual ori- 

 gin of it, 334. 



Back-sinews, sprain of the, 246. 



thickening of the, constituting un- 

 soundness, 365. 



Balls, the manner of giving, 385. 



- the manner of making, 385. 



Barb, description of the, 9. 



comparison between, and the Arabian, 



9. 



Barley considered as food for the horse, 355. 



Barnacles, use of the, as a mode of re- 

 straint, 321. 



Bar-shoe, the description and use of, 318. 



Barrell of the horse, proper shape of the, 52. 



Bars, description and ofKce of the, 283. 



proper paring of, for shoeing, 314, 



. not paring out the horn between 



them and the crust, a cause of corns, 

 306. 



folly of cutting them away, 284, 



295, 305. 



removal of, a cause of contraction, 



295. 



■ corns, 305. 



of the mouth, description of, 133. 



Bavarian cavalry horses, anecdote of, 43, 



Bay horses, description of, 377. 



Beans good for hardly worked horses, and 

 that have a tendency to purge, 356. 



should always be crushed, 356. 



Bearing rein, the use and abuse of, 132. 



Berners, Juhana, authoress of the first book 

 on hunting, 54. 



Bible, earliest history of the horse in the, 2. 



Bile, account of the, 212. 



Bishopping the teeth, description of, 144. 



Biting, a bad habit, and how usually ac- 

 quired, 335. 



Bitting of the colt, 225. _ 



Black horses, description and character 

 of, 377. 



Bladder, description of the, 217. 



inflammation of, symptoms and 



treatment, 218. 



neck of, 218. 



stone in the, 218. 



Bladders along the under part of the 



tongue, 147. 

 Blain in the cov/, 147. 

 Bleeding, best place for general, 180, 181. 



directions for, 179, 321. 



from veins rather than arteries, 157, 



finger should be on the p^ilse 



during, 174, 321, 



Bleeding, importance of, in inflammation, 

 175. 



at the toe described, 181. 



comparison between fleam and lan- 



cet, 180. 



Blindness, usual method of discovering, 94. 

 discovered by the pupil not dilating 



or contracting, 93. 



hereditarj', 115. 



of one eye, 94. 



Blistering all round at once, barbarity and 



danger of, 323. 

 after firing, absurdity and cruelty of, 



325. 

 Blisters, best composition of, 186, 322. 



best mode of applying, 186, 322. 



caution with regard to their appUca- 



tion, 177, 387. 



the principle of their action, 386. 



use of, in inflammation, 186, 386. 



comparison between them and rowels 



and setons, 326. 

 Blood, change in after bleeding, 180, 322. 



changes in during respiration, 181, 



coagulation of, 322. 



of the horse, drunk for food, 8. 



horses, very subject to contrac- 



tion, 296. 



spavm, 



179, 321. 



nature and treatment of, 



Blue vitriol, a tonic for the horse, 389. 

 Boats, the difficulty of dravving increasing 



rapidly with the velocity, 425. 

 calculation of the power requisite to 



draw them, 425. 

 Bog spavin, nature and treatment of, 



119,269. 

 Bole- Armenian, medical use of, 386. 

 Bolting the food, how restrained, 339. 

 Bone-spavin, nature and treatment of, 269. 

 Boots, singular ones, 7. 

 Bots in the stomach, natural history of, 201. 



not usually injurious, 202, 



Boui-nou horse, description of the, 9. 

 Bowels, inflammation of the, symptoms 



and treatment of, 207. 

 Brain, description of the, 75. 



inflammation of the, 105. 



Breadth of wheels, depending on the 



road, 440. 

 Breaking in should commence in the second 



winter, 223. 



description of its various stages, 224. 



necessity of gentleness and patience 



in, 224. 



of the farmer's horse, 224. 



■ of the hunter or hackney, 225. 



the South American, 6. 



cruel Arabian method of, 13. 



Breast-strap, advantage and disadvantage 



of, 422. 

 Breeding, on, 34, 219. 



as applied to the farmei-'s horse, 34. 



other horses, 36. 



quahties of the mare of as much 



importance as those of the horse, 34, 

 220. 



