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PLATE VI. 



A comparative view of the bones of the fore and hind feet. 



Figs. 1 and 2. 



Bones of the fore foot explained in Plate I. 



Fig. 3. 



Coronary bone of the hind foot. 



Fig. 4. 



Foot bone and navicular bone of the hind foot, show- 

 ing that the surface of the foot bone, which is artic- 

 ulated with the coronary bone, is rather more con- 

 caA r e than that of the fore foot, and the position of 

 the navicular bone more upright ; so that the coro- 

 nary bone bears more upon the foot bone and less 

 upon the navicular bone. That surface of the na- 

 vicular bone (A B) which in the fore foot was 

 smooth, appears rough, and the upper ligaments are 

 ittached to the whole of this surface. 



C C Portion of the cartilage of the foot bone ossified, 

 which is not natural, but so frequently met with 

 that I thought it necessary to notice it, merely by 

 giving an outline of it. See large variety of mor- 

 bid specimens in chapters on Navicular Joint Lame- 

 ness and Laminites. 





