SHOEING. 



PLATE V. 

 Fig. l. 



A back view of the bones of the fore foot in their rel- 

 ative situation. 



A Pastern bone. 



B Coronary bone. 



C Navicular bone. 



D Foot bone. 



E A cavity, which in the natural state is filled with fat, 



F F The upper surface of the navicular bone, from which 

 two ligaments arise, and pass round the lateral de- 

 pressions in the coronary bone, marked G G. 



B B Points of attachment of the ligament which unites 

 the navicular bone to the foot bone. 



I I Two grooves in which two main trunks of the arter- 

 ies are continued into the foot bone. 



K K K The line of insertion of the tendon of the flexor 

 muscle. 



Fig. 2. 



A view of the anterior and inferior surfaces of the na- 

 vicular bone detached from the other bones. 

 A A The anterior surface opposed to the coronary bone. 

 B B The inferior surface opposed to the foot bone. 

 CCA posterior portion of the inferior surface excavated 

 for the purpose of giving a firmer attachment to the 

 lower ligament 



