POINTS OF THE HORSE. II5 



loves not the task of standing still, but his 

 hoof smites the ground continually, and his 

 high spirit wearies out his own limbs. 



APSYRTUS. 



Apsyrtus was a veterinary surgeon under Con- 

 stantine the Great in the first part of the fourth 

 century. The translation is from the compilation 

 called the " Geoponics," 16, i, 9 ff. 



Small head, black eyes, nostrils not con- 

 verging, ears erect, neck supple ; mane thick, 

 somewhat crinkly, and falling on the right 

 side of the neck; chest broad and muscular, 

 shoulders large, forearms straight, belly well- 

 rounded, stones small ; seat preferably double^ 

 otherwise not humped ; tail large and crinkly- 

 haired, shanks straight, thighs muscular ; hoof 

 of a good contour, and equally solid on all 

 sides ; frog small, horn hard. 



PELAGONIUS. 



Pelagonius lived in the last half of the fourth- 

 century. The translation is from the new edition of 

 his " Ars Veterinaria," § 2, by M. Ihm, Leipzig, 1892. 



Small head, black eyes, nostrils open, ears 

 short and pricked up ; neck flexible and broad 



