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CHAP. IV. 



EXTERNAL IMPERFECTIONS, C07ltinued. AILMENTS OF THE LIMBS AND 



FEET. "down ON' THE HIP." STRING-HALT. SWOLLEN OR 



CAPPED HOCKS. SWELLINGS IN THE NECK. WINDGALLS. 



CROOKED FORE LEGS. KNUCKLING OVER ON THE HIND POSTERNS. 



AILMENTS COMMON TO THE HIND LEGS. BONE, BLOOD, OR BOG 



SPAVINS. THOROUGH PINS. SPLINTS. AILMENTS OF THE 



FORE LEGS. RING BONES AND SIDE BONES CONTRACTED FEET. 



SINEWS. CORNS. CURBS. " UNNERVED." 



I HAVE now mentioned as many corporeal 

 ailments of the horse as are necessary to this 

 book ; for where there is any unusual or hidden 

 disease from which a horse evidently suiFers, 

 I take it for granted no man would purchase 

 him for immediate use, and but few for any 

 purpose. It is bad enough to have a horse get 

 decidedly amiss when in our possession ; but 

 to meet trouble half way, which purchasing an 

 ailing horse decidedly is, would be little short of 

 madness. A known and long-standing imper- 

 fection may be tolerated ; but one in its progress, 

 or in a fluctuating state, it is the height of folly 

 to encounter. We will now descend to — 



