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It is, again, equal to Q, O, from the internal angle of the 

 eye to the maxillary fissure ; and to P, G, from the middle 

 of the face to the commissure of the lips (G. and B.). 



The distance, P, E, from the middle of the face to the 

 maxillary spine is about the sixth of the total length of the 

 head — o'lo metre. 



Fig. io8. — Proportions of the Head of the Horse, viewed in 

 Profile (after Colonel Duhousset). 



The line B, E, reckoned from the extremity of the lips to 

 the maxillary spine, is equal : 



To E, F, from the maxillary spine to the external auditory 

 meatus, to be seen only on the skull ; 



To H, G, from thei nsertion of the neck in the trough to 

 the commissure of the lips (G. and B.) ; 



To Q, R, from the maxillary fissure to the superior com- 

 missure of the nostril (G. and B.) ; 



