306 CLOTHING. 



tionate, other things being equal, to the difference of the 

 width of the leg at the fetlock and the width just below 

 the knee. When this is small, as is usually the case 

 with well-bred animals, the back tendons run nearly parallel 

 to the cannon-bone, and consequently the turns of the 

 bandage can be put on evenly. If, on the contrary, the 

 width of the fetlock is large, and that below the knee is 



Fig. 50. Improvised halter (off side view). 



comparatively small, each turn of the bandage will neces- 

 sarily be looser at its upper edge than at its lower one, 

 which fact will naturally tend to make the bandage work 

 loose, especially during a long day, as out hunting. 



Cotton wadding bandages, the use of which I shall describe 

 later on, are applied in the following manner: Take two 

 yards of cotton wadding (which can be obtained from any 

 draper), and cut it down the centre, so as to have two pieces 



