326 Of Gelding, Docking, and 



pretty exadt in their anatomical defcrip- 

 tions, fhoiild omit, in their account of 

 the mufcles of a horfe, to defcribe thofe 

 of the tail: for which reafon, as a proper 

 opportunity has not offered to fupply this 

 omiilion by making a compleat diflec- 

 tion with that accuracy we could have 

 wifhed, it is hoped the fubfequent imper- 

 fed: defcription will be excufed, as it was 

 taken only from a tail that was diffeded 

 after docking- 1 



Ananato- Here we obfervcd, that the mufcles, 

 mical de- ^j^j^^}-^ elevate the tail, are more nume- 



of the tail. ^^"^5 ^^^g^ 2nd (Irong, than thofe that 

 deprefs it ; that they are clofely conne6led 

 to the bones of the tail by flefhy fibres, 

 and terminate in flrong tendons at the 

 extremity : but the mufcles of the latter 

 foon forni into tendinous expanfions, and 

 three large tendons, which are inferted 

 into the latter bones of the tail: there 

 . are feveral other fmali tendons, which 

 run 'laterally, whofe ufe, moft probably, 

 is to move the tail fideways. The arteries 

 are four in number, and run fometimes 

 above the bones of the tail, confequently 

 cafily avoided by a dextrous hand, as 

 they cannot readily be wounded by the 

 knife, in dividing the tendons necefiary to j 



be cut in this operation. 



The 



