363 EXPLANATION of the 



I. The T^endo- Achilles^ difleded to fhew 

 the coronary bone. 6. 



3. The nut bone *. 



4. The concave part of the foot-bone 

 to which the tendon is fixed. 



7. The ligament of the foot-bone with 

 the nut- bone. 



8. The ligament of the tendon with 

 the nut- bone* 



Figure the fixth, reprefents the ^en^o- 

 Achilles raifed and feparated from figure 

 5, to fhew the lamina 8, which ferves as 

 a ligament to the nut- bone of the fame 

 figure. 



Elgure the feventh, fhews the cnchan- 

 nelled flefh. i. The wall or hoof being 

 raifed from it. 2. The rough border that 

 furrounds the enchannelled fleih above 

 the hoof, 



3. The cartilage of the foot. 



4. The extenfor tendon of the foot. 



Figure the eighth, demonftrates the bone 

 of the foot Z; the enchannelled flefh of 

 which is raifed with the cartilage. 



* The nut-bone, called by the French, Os de la 

 noix, is a little oblong bone placed acrofs at the 

 junction of the little and great pafterns behind, 

 which is not taken notice of by Gibfon. 



5. The 



