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INDEX. 



Horse, the, general management of, 345. 



German, description of, 19. 



of the Guinea coast, description 



of, 10. 



38. 



heavy black, description of, 377. 

 for heavy draught, description of, 



tyrannical regulations respecting, 



Hemy VIII., 26 



hiring, early regulations of, 23. 



Hungarian, description of, 19. i 



Iceland, description of, 20. 



Italian, description of, 21. 



much improved by John, 25. 



Lomhardy, when tirst introduced 



into England, 25. 



market, first account of, 24. 



native country of, uncertain, 24. 



Norwegian, description of, 20. 



Persian, description of, 16. 



English, not used for the plough 



37, m 



in early times, 23. 

 power, calculation of. 



416. 



depending on circumstances 

 continually varying, 403. 



varying with his speed, 



Table of, 416. 

 compared with that of the 



steam-engine on railways, 405. 

 compared with that of the 



steam-engine on common roads, 407. 



mechanically considered. 



stiperior to artificial, 41 0. 



there is yet no practical 



substitute for, 409. 



price of, in Solomon's time, 4. 



prices of, at different periods, 23, 



25,26. 



of, 5. 



sagacity of, 32. 



can see almost in darkness, 92. 

 South American, description 



instinct and sagacity of, 5. 



rica, 6. 



management of, in South Ame- 



Spanish, description of, 21. 

 Spanish first introduced into Bri- 

 tain, 25. 



— Swedish, description of, 20. 



Tartarian, description of, 8, 18. 



English thorough-bred, supe- 



rior to the Arabian, 44. 



• Toorkoman, description of, 17. 



Turkish, description of, 19. 



■ ■ — wild, description of, 5. 



English, improved under Wil- 

 liam the Conqueror, 24. 



zoological description of, 62. 



■ heavy, exposed to grease, 278.^ 



Horses, immense number of, in the armies 

 of some ancient eastern monarchs, 2. 



numerous in Britain at the invasion 



of the Romans, 22. 



Howell the Good, his laws respecting the 

 horse, 23. 



Hungarian horse, the, description of, 19. 



Hunter, the, general account of, 50. 



— — proper degree of blood in, 51. 



tress in, 55. 



spirit of, 54. 

 anecdotes of, 54. 

 management of, 53, 

 symptoms of dangerous dis- 



management of the, when dis- 



tressed, 55. 



summering of, 56, 



Hunting, the earliest book on, written by a 



lady, 54. 



shoe, description of the, 318. 



Hyde Park, races established in, by Charles 



I., 28. 

 Hydrothorax, symptoms and treatment of, 



184. 



Iceland horse, the, description of, 20. 

 IlevuTi, description of the, 204. 

 Inflammation, nature of, 174. 



treatment of, 175. 



hot or cold applications to, guide in 



the choice of, 176. 



importance of bleeding in, 175. 



when proper to physic in, 175. 



of the bladder, 2 1 7. 



bowels, 207.' 



_ distinction between it 



and colic, 208. 



brain, 105. 



eye, 113. 



foot, 289. 



. kidneys, 216. 



liver, 213. 



lungs, 182. 



stomach, 200. 



veins, 158. 



Influenza, nature and treatment of, 189^. 



Infusions, manner of making them, 393. 



Inoculation, the best test of the existence of 

 glanders, 124. 



Intercostal muscles, description of the, 170, 



Intestines, description of the, 203. 



. diseases of the, 205. 



Intus-susception of the intestines, treatment 

 of, 207. 



Invertebrated animals, what, 62. 



Iodine, usefulness, of, in reducing enlarged 

 glands, 393. 



Iranee horse, description of the, 15. 



Iris, description of the, 94. 



Irish horse, description of the, 61. 



Iron, the carbonate of, a mild and useful 

 tonic, 394. 



Sulphate of, a stronger tonic, 394. 



. recommended for the 



cure of glanders, 394. 



Italian horse, description of the, 21. 



Itchiness of the skin, should always be re- 

 garded with suspicion, 380. 



James I., established the first regulations 

 for racing, 28. . , , , , 



, introduction of the Arabian blood by 



him, 23. 



