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may be ascertained by measuring the fore limb from the 

 fetlock to the elbow and multiplying it by two. 



Table Showing the Length of the Bonks of the Limbs of 

 the Foal and Adult House. 



The hind quarters of the foal are in a more advanced 

 state of development than the fore ; the shoulders are very 

 oblique, the chest contracted and shrunken-looking, and 

 neither contains much muscle. The oblique position of the 

 scapula is due to the weight of the body on the limbs, the 

 weakness of the muscles at this part allowing the angle 

 formed by the scapula and humerus to be considerably 

 closed, and the shoulder joint to bulge. 



The head of the foal is prominent over the brain, and 

 depressed over the nasal bones ; the hair is fully developed, 

 that of the mane being scanty, and of the tail curly : whilst 

 the colour of the body is light of its kind. 



The rate at which the foal increases in weight, and other 

 circumstances connected with its nutrition, were made the 

 subject of inquiry by Boussingault.* He found that the 

 mean weight at birth was 112 lbs., that during the first 

 three months the daily increase in weight was 2"2 lbs.; from 

 three up to six months the daily increase was 1*3 lbs., and 



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