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INDEX. 



Chaff, attention should he paid to the good- 

 ness of the ingredients, 353. 



best composition of, 352. 



^ when given to the hard-worked 



horse, much time is saved for repose, 

 354. 



quantity of, necessary for different 



kinds of horses, 353, 



Chamomile, a mild tonic, 388. 



Channel of the jaws, what, 137. 



Charcoal, useful in a poultice, and as an an- 

 tiseptic, 388. 



Charges, composition and use of, 388. 



Chariot, price of, in Solomon's time, 4. 



description of that of Priam, 432. 



of Juno described, 433. 



. on the frieze of the Parthenon, 



description of, 433. 



Chariots, war, the ancient British, 22. 



used by the Egyptians 1500 



years before the Christian era, 432. 



. at the siege of Troy, 432. 



description of the ancient, 432. 



of the ancients, could not move 



with much velocity, 433, 



Charles I. patronized racing, 28. 



Chest, the anatomy of the, 163, 



proper form of the, 52, 163, 193. 



cut of the, 163. 



the importance of depth of, 1 64. 



■ narrow and rounded, comparison be- 

 tween, 163, 193. 



round, often connected with thick 



wind, 193. 



dropsy of the, 184. 



founder, description of, 171, 182. 



Chestnut horses, varieties of, 376, 

 Chester, races first established at, 27. 

 Chillaby, friendship between him and a 



cat, 48. 

 Chinese horse, description of the, 16. 

 Chinked in the chine, what, 165. 

 Chloride of lime, an excellent disinfectant, 



3!)4, 

 of soda, useful in unhealthy ulcers, 



400. 

 Choroid coat of the eye, description and use 



of the, 91. 

 Chronic cough, nature and treatment of, 



192. 

 Chyle, the, formation of, 203. 

 Ciliary processes of the eye, description of 



the, 92. 

 Cineritious matter of the brain, nature and 



function of the, 75. 

 Circassian horse, description of the, 17. 

 Clicking, cause and remedy of, 341. 

 , Clipping, objections to, 375. 

 Clips, when necessary, 317. 

 Clover, considered as an article of food, 



357. 

 Clysters, the composition and great useful- 

 ness of. 388. 

 directions as to the administration 



of, 389. 

 Clydesdale horse, description of the, 42. 

 Coaches, calculation of the power of horses 



in drawing according to their speed, 

 417. 



Coaches loaded high, run lighter, espe- 

 cially in rapid travelling, 448. 



safety, heavy draught of, 448. 



Coach horse, description of the, 35. 



best breed of, 36. 



Coat, fine, connected by the groom with a 

 heated stable, 346. 



persons much too solicitous to pro- 

 cure it, 374. 



Cochlea of the ear, description and use of 

 the, 83. 



Cocktail horse, mode of docking, 329. 



Ccecum, description of the, 203, 204. 



Coffin-hone, description of the, 286. 



lamellae, or leaves of, 286. 



Cold, common, description and treatment 

 of, 188. 



Colic, spasmodic, description and treatment 

 of, 205. 



Collar, the best method of attaching the 

 traces to the horse, 423. 



proper adaptation of to the shoulder, 



223. 



Colon, description of the, 203, 204. 



Colour of the skin, remarks on the, 375. 



Colt, early treatment of the, 35. 



Complexus major, description of the, 119, 

 154, 165. 



minor, description of the, 1 19, 156.^ 



Concave seated shoe, the, described and re- 

 commended, 311. 



Conestoga horses, description of the, 22. 



Conical and flat wheels, comparison between, 

 437. 



wheels, extreme absurdity of, 438. 



strange degree of friction and drag- 

 ging with them, 438. 



afford great resistance and destroy 



the road, 439. 



are in fact travelling grindstones. 



439. 



Conjunctiva, description of the, 89. 



• appearance of, how far a test 



of inflammation, 89. 

 Contraction of the foot, nature of, 292. 

 the peculiarity of the 



lameness produced by, 296. 

 how far connected 



with the navicular disease, 298. 



is not the necessary 



consequence of shoeing, 293. 



produced hy neglect 



of paring, 294. 



wearing 



w^ant of 



the re- 



inflam- 



unequal 

 exercise without preparation, 296. 



not so much produced by litter 



as imagined, 295, ^ 



