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INDEX. 



Draught implies the moving powei'j the ve- 

 hicle, and the road, 405. 



, . the moving power particularly con- 

 sidered, 405. 



considered in respect of the resist- 

 ance, 404. 



calculation of, according to velocity 



and time, 417, 424. 



. much influenced by the direction 



of the traces, 417. 



the line of, should be parallel to the 



direction of motion, 447. 



in cattle should pass through the 



axle of the v.heels, 447. 



in bad roads may have a slight in- 



clination upward, 447. 



resistance of, should be as much 



as possible firm and inelastic, 423, 449. 

 how increased by the state of the 



road, 435, 449. 



does not injure the riding of the 



farmer's horse, 33. 



of carriages, calculation of, on dif- 

 ferent roads, 435. 



of boats, difficulty of, increasing 



rapidly with the velocity, 425. 



— calculation of the power of, 



425. 



of the sledge, 425. 



of the roller, 426. 



. horse, the heavy, 38, 



horses, the inferior ones about the 



metropolis, wretched state of, 42. 



Dray horse, proper form of the, 40. ^ 



—- the largest, bred in Lincoln- 

 shire, 41. 



• usually too large and heavy, 40. 



Drinks, how to administer, 392. 



, comparison between them and balls, 



392. 

 Dropsy of the chest, 171. 



heart, 171. 



skin, 171. 



Drum of the ear, description and use of the, 



81. 

 Dun horse, the, account of, 376. 

 Duodenum, description of the, 203. 

 Dutch horse, description of the, 21. 



Ear, description of the external parts, 77, 78. 



internal parts, 79. 



bones of the, description and use, 80. 



labyrinth of the, 82. 



cut of the mechanism of, 79. 



muscles of the internal 



part of the, 81. 



indicative of the temper, 77. 



clipping and singeing of the, cruelty 



of, 78. 



East Indian horse, description of the, 15. 



Eclipse, pedigree and history of, 46. 



Edward II. introduced Lombardy horses 

 into England, 25. 



. III., the breed of horses much im- 

 proved by, 25. 



introduced Spanish horses, 25. 



had running horses, 25. 



Effect of the horse's labour, limited by his 

 velocity and his power, 415. 



Egypt, earliest domestication of the horse 

 in, 3, 4. 



horse propagated from it to other 



countries, 4, 9. 



not known in, at the time of Abra- 

 ham, 3. 



Elasticity in the construction of carriages, 

 difference between longitudinal and in 

 any other direction, 446, 449. 



Elbow, advantage of depth of, 236, 237. 



capped, 237. 



fracture of, 237. 



■ punctured, 237. 



Elder, in the composition of an emollient 

 ointment, 392. 



Elgin marbles, proportions of the horses 

 unfaithfully represented on, 412. 



Elizabeth, Queen, number and value of 

 horsesmuch diminished when shereigned, 

 27. 



a staunch huntress, 54. 



Emetic tartar, used as a nauseant, diapho- 

 retic, and worm medicine, 384. 



Enamel of the teeth, accoimt of the, 138. 



Enigmatical account of the horse, 27. 



English horse, history of the, 22. 



first crossed by the Ro- 



improved by Athelstan, 22. 

 William the 



Conqueror, 24. 



by John, 25. 



not used for the plough in 



early times, 23. 



Entanglement of the intestines, description 

 of, 207. 



Epidemic catarrh, nature and treatment of, 

 189. 



malignant, nature and treatment 



of, 191. 



Epilepsy, nature and treatment of, 1 08. 



Epsom salts, used as a purgative. 212, 395. 



Ethmoid bone, description of the, 74. 



Eustachian tube, description and use of the, 

 82. 



Ewe-neck, unsightliness and inconvenience 

 of, 51,156. 



Exchanges of horses stand on the same 

 ground as sales, 368. 



Exercise, directions for, 352. 



the necessity of regular, 351.^ 



want of, producing grease, 279. 



more injury done by the want of it, 



than by the hardest work, 351. 



Exmoor poney, description of the, 58. 



Expansion shoe, the, description and use 

 of, 319. 



Expense of horse, calculation of the an- 

 nual, 406. 



Extensor pedis muscle, description of the, 

 237, 263. 



Extract of lead, the \ise of it much over- 

 valued, 394. 



Eye, description of the, 84, 8. 



cut of the, 89. 



