460 



INDEX. 



Founder, acute, sympioms, causes, and 

 treatment of, 289. 



chronic, nature and treatment of, 



292. 



Foxglove, strongly recommended in colds 

 and all fevers, 391. 



Fracture of the skull, treatment of, 100. 



French horse, description of the, 21. 



Friction, comparison of, in the wheel and 

 roller, 426. 



on the axle, dependent on the ma- 

 terial employed, 434. 



— ■ is not materially increased hy the 



velocity, 435. 



reduced, as the diameter of the 



axle is diminished, 434. 



inversely as the diameter of the 



wheel, 435. 



at the axles of light carriages, con- 

 sidered, 449. 



Frog, horny, description of the, 284. 



sensible, description of the,284, 287. 



action and use of the, 289. 



pressure, question of the, 285. 



proper paring of, for shoeing, 314. 



diseases of the, 307. 



. stay, the, 282. 



Frontal bones, description of the, 0)7. 



• siimses, description of the, 68. 



. • perforated to detect glan- 

 ders, 69. 



Furze, considered as an article of food, 353. 



Gall, account of the, 262. 



bladder, the horse has none, 212. 



413. 



Galloway, description of the, 57. 

 anecdotes and performances of the, 



58. 

 Gaucho, the South American, description of, 



6. 

 his method of taking and breaking 



the wild horse, 6. 



's boots, curious manufacture of, 7. 



General management of the horse, 345. 

 Gentian, the best tonic for the horse, 393. 

 German horse, description of the, 19. 

 Getting the cheek-bit into the mouth, me- 

 ;. thod of preventing, 336. 

 Gibbing, a bad habit, cause of it and means 



of lessening it, 335. 

 Ginger, an excellent aromatic and tonic, 



393. 

 Glanders, nature of, 124. 



symptoms of, 121, 123. 



slow pros^ress of, 122. 



appearances of the nose in, 122. 



detected by injecting the frontal 



sinuses, 69. 



distinguished from catarrh, 123. 



from strangles, 123. 



connected with farcy, 128. 



■ ■ treatment of, 126. 



ca\ises of, 124. 



both generated and contagious, 124, 



126. 



Glanders, oftenest produced hy improper 

 stable management, 124. 



mode of communication of, 126. 



prevention of, 127. 



■ anecdote of its speedy appearance, 



124. 



Glands, enlarged, it depends on many cir- 

 cumstances whether they constitute un- 

 soundness, 363. 



Glass-ej'e, nature and treatment of, 116. 



Gleet, nasal, nature and treatment of, 121. 



Glenoid cavity of the temporal bone, de- 

 scription of the, 135. 



Glutaei muscles, description of the, 260. 



Godolphiu Arabian, an account of the, 9, 

 48. 



Goulard's extract, the use of it much over- 

 valued, 394. 



Gracilis muscle, description of the, 259. 



Grains, occasionally used for horses of 

 slow work, 355. 



Grapes on the heels, treatment of, 279. 



Grasses, neglect of the farmer as to the pro- 

 per mixture of, 356. 



Grasshopper springs, description of, 447. 



would be advantageously adopted 



in post-chaises, 447. 



Grease, nature and treatment of, 276. 



cause of, 278. 



farmer's horse not so subject to it 



as others, 277. 



■ generally a mere local complaint, 



277. 



Greece, early domestication of the horse 

 in, 3. 



• the horse introduced there from 



Egypt, 4. 



Grey horses, account of the different shades 

 of, 375. 



Grinders, construction of the, 139. 



Grinding of the food accomplished by the 

 mechanism of the joint of the lower jaw, 

 136. 



Grogginess, account of, 252. 



Grooming, as important as exercise to the 

 horse, 350. 



opens the pores of the skin, and 



gives a fine coat, 350. 

 directions for, 350. 



Grunter, the, description of, 96. 



is unsound, 362. 



Guinea coast, description of the horse of 



the, 10. 

 Gullet, description of the, 162. 



, foreign bodies in, 162. 



Gutta serena, nature and treatment of, 116. 



Habits, vicious or dangerous, 330. 

 Hackney, description of the, 30, 33. 



proper action of the, 30. 



Hair, accoimt of the, 372. 



question of cutting it from the heels, 



279. 



Hall, Bishop, extract from, on breeding, 



34. 

 Hamilton, Duke of, the Clydesdale horses 



owe their origin to him, 40 



