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PLATE VIII. 



A posterior view of the bones of the fore foot, to show 

 the ligaments of the sesamoid or navicular bone. 



A The pastern bone. 



B The foot bone. 



C The cut end of the tendon of the flexor muscle of the 

 coronary bone. 



L> D D D The upper ligaments of the navicular bone, as 

 they pass round the sides of the coronary bone. 



E E A thin expansion from the ligaments D D I) D cov- 

 ering the mass of fat lodged in a cavity in the cor- 

 onary bone. 



F Y Y Attachment of the lower ligament of the navicu- 

 lar bone to the foot bone. 



G G The tendon of the flexor muscle cut off at its inser- 

 tion into the loot bone. 



B B B The natural surface of the villi continued from 

 the true skin. 



