NOOSIXG FORE LEG. 



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the manner described, if he will only exercise a little 

 patience. 



I may mention that this method of noosing the leg is 

 similar in principle to that employed in securing the limbs 

 of wild elephants, in India, when they have been driven 

 into a stockade. 



Fig. 27. — Pulling up horse's fore leg with rope. 



2. The best way for lifting up a fore leg with the hand 

 is, as I have found out, to grasp, say, the near fore at the 

 back of the leg and just above the knee, with the left hand ; 

 pinch it with the fingers to stimulate the flexor muscles of 

 the knee to contract ; turn the elbow in, and press it against 

 the upper part of the fore arm, so as to throw the weight 

 from the near on to the off fore, and thus to render the 



